Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets
West 1st Round - Game 1 • DEN leads series 1-0
42-40, 20-21 Away
80
42-40, 20-21 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 23 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 80 |
DEN | 26 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 109 |
53-29, 34-7 Home
109
53-29, 34-7 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 16-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 14-foot jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley makes three pointer (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Kyle Anderson makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 14-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kyle Anderson makes 12-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 3-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Anderson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes 4-foot hook shot (Taurean Prince assists)
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Taurean Prince misses 15-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson misses 10-foot two point shot
- Jeff Green misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 12-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green misses dunk
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses three point jumper
- Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Jaylen Nowell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Taurean Prince assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 7-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Bruce Brown makes 3-foot two point shot
- Kyle Anderson makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes layup
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Kyle Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Kyle Anderson misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot
- Taurean Prince misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 16-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses alley oop layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Anderson makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
- Kyle Anderson misses 8-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 11-foot two point shot
- Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell misses 8-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Taurean Prince misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 6-foot two point shot
- Austin Rivers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes 25-foot three pointer
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
- DeAndre Jordan makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Christian Braun makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
- Christian Braun misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
- DeAndre Jordan misses alley oop dunk shot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point shot
- Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley makes 26-foot three pointer (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- DeAndre Jordan makes 3-foot alley oop dunk shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 4-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer
- Anthony Edwards misses three point pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer (DeAndre Jordan assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 29-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw flagrant 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw flagrant 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Nathan Knight misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Josh Minott misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nathan Knight misses 4-foot hook shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot
- Nathan Knight makes driving layup
- Ish Smith misses two point shot
- Nathan Knight misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Zeke Nnaji makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes two point shot
- Austin Rivers misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
- Vlatko Cancar misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Nowell makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 11-foot two point shot
- Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Zeke Nnaji makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Peyton Watson assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 77.7
Win %: DEN, 77.7
Win %: DEN, 76.4
Win %: DEN, 77.6
Win %: DEN, 76.4
Win %: DEN, 75.9
Win %: DEN, 77.1
Win %: DEN, 77.5
Win %: DEN, 80.9
Win %: DEN, 81.8
Win %: DEN, 82.2
Win %: DEN, 81.0
Win %: DEN, 82.2
Win %: DEN, 85.0
Win %: DEN, 85.8
Win %: DEN, 84.9
Win %: DEN, 85.8
Win %: DEN, 84.9
Win %: DEN, 86.1
Win %: DEN, 87.4
Win %: DEN, 84.7
Win %: DEN, 83.5
Win %: DEN, 83.1
Win %: DEN, 81.7
Win %: DEN, 80.4
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:Rodney Mott
Referee:Lauren Holtkamp
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 51 | 15 | .773 | - | W6 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 24 | .625 | 10 | L1 |
| Denver | 39 | 26 | .600 | 11.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 31 | 34 | .477 | 19.5 | W1 |
| Utah | 19 | 45 | .297 | 31 | L1 |
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