Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
West 1st Round - Game 3 • DEN leads series 3-0
53-29, 19-22 Away
120
53-29, 19-22 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEN | 28 | 33 | 33 | 26 | 120 |
MIN | 28 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 111 |
42-40, 22-19 Home
111
42-40, 22-19 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 20-foot jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses tip shot
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Mike Conley makes 26-foot three pointer
- Jamal Murray makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes hook shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes tip shot
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses layup
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses 4-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jeff Green misses three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Taurean Prince assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Bruce Brown makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Jeff Green assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeff Green misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 5-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Taurean Prince misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
- Taurean Prince makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaylen Nowell misses 12-foot jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes 10-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jaylen Nowell misses step back jumpshot
- Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
- Bruce Brown makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Austin Rivers assists)
- Jeff Green misses dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Christian Braun misses three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson misses 5-foot hook shot
- Aaron Gordon misses running pullup jump shot
- Austin Rivers misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 12-foot two point shot
- Mike Conley misses two point shot
- Christian Braun makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeff Green assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bruce Brown makes dunk
- Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
- Taurean Prince makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Taurean Prince makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 11-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeff Green makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mike Conley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses pullup jump shot
- Mike Conley makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot jump bank shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 6-foot two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 51-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 11-foot jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses running pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk
- Aaron Gordon misses 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Jaylen Nowell assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jeff Green makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Jeff Green makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 1
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Bruce Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown makes driving floating jump shot
- Kyle Anderson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaylen Nowell misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes 13-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer
- Jamal Murray makes 10-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
- Jeff Green makes 23-foot three pointer (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaylen Nowell misses driving floating jump shot
- Kyle Anderson makes layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 21-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 10-foot two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Christian Braun makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
- Mike Conley misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point shot
- Jeff Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley misses driving layup
- Christian Braun makes two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
- Christian Braun makes two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot jumper
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point shot
- Taurean Prince makes free throw 1 of 2
- Taurean Prince makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mike Conley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 73.8
Win %: DEN, 72.2
Win %: DEN, 75.9
Win %: DEN, 77
Win %: DEN, 77.4
Win %: DEN, 76.1
Win %: DEN, 75.7
Win %: DEN, 73.3
Win %: DEN, 72
Win %: DEN, 71.6
Win %: DEN, 72.7
Win %: DEN, 71.4
Win %: DEN, 72.7
Win %: DEN, 71.4
Win %: DEN, 69
Win %: DEN, 67.2
Win %: DEN, 66.6
Win %: DEN, 61.9
Win %: DEN, 61.6
Win %: DEN, 61.1
Win %: DEN, 62.9
Win %: DEN, 63.5
Win %: DEN, 61.5
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:James Williams
Referee:Zach Zarba
Referee:Eric Dalen
Referee:Dedric Taylor
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 55 | 15 | .786 | - | W10 |
| Minnesota | 43 | 27 | .614 | 12 | W2 |
| Denver | 42 | 28 | .600 | 13 | L1 |
| Portland | 34 | 36 | .486 | 21 | W2 |
| Utah | 21 | 49 | .300 | 34 | W1 |
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