Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves
West Semifinals - Game 3 • MIN leads series 2-1
57-25, 24-17 Away
117
57-25, 24-17 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DEN | 28 | 28 | 37 | 24 | 117 |
MIN | 20 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 90 |
56-26, 30-11 Home
90
56-26, 30-11 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Mike Conley makes technical free throw
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon misses 12-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot hook shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Mike Conley makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid makes 2-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Justin Holiday misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 20-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Justin Holiday makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot two point shot
- Justin Holiday makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Naz Reid misses two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 15-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 13-foot jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Christian Braun makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Mike Conley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 7-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes 25-foot three point jumper (Justin Holiday assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley makes 25-foot three pointer
- Michael Porter Jr. makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2
- Reggie Jackson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot jumper
- Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mike Conley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes 13-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 9-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 14-foot two point shot
- Mike Conley makes 3-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Mike Conley assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 3
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 3
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 3 of 3
- Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kyle Anderson misses 6-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid makes 25-foot three point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Reggie Jackson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson makes 23-foot jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Christian Braun misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Kyle Anderson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
- Jamal Murray makes 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 1-foot dunk (Mike Conley assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses alley oop layup
- Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes dunk (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes technical free throw
- Josh Minott misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- T.J. Warren misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Luka Garza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Garza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Garza makes layup (Josh Minott assists)
- Justin Holiday misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (T.J. Warren assists)
- Peyton Watson misses 9-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris misses 19-foot step back jumpshot
- Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Luka Garza makes layup (Josh Minott assists)
- Reggie Jackson misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Julian Strawther makes 26-foot three point jumper (Hunter Tyson assists)
- Monte Morris misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes dunk
- Jordan McLaughlin misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- T.J. Warren misses two point shot
- Luka Garza makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Garza makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julian Strawther misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
- Monte Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
- Hunter Tyson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Josh Minott makes 25-foot three point shot (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
- Hunter Tyson misses free throw 1 of 2
- Hunter Tyson makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jordan McLaughlin misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan McLaughlin misses free throw 2 of 2
- Peyton Watson misses driving layup
- Zeke Nnaji makes tip shot
- Monte Morris misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MIN, 67.9
Win %: MIN, 69.1
Win %: MIN, 67.8
Win %: MIN, 63.4
Win %: MIN, 62.8
Win %: MIN, 60.6
Win %: MIN, 57.5
Win %: MIN, 59.6
Win %: MIN, 60.3
Win %: MIN, 60.0
Win %: MIN, 64.7
Win %: MIN, 66.3
Win %: MIN, 66.9
Win %: MIN, 71.2
Win %: MIN, 71.2
Win %: MIN, 69.0
Win %: MIN, 67.1
Win %: MIN, 66.5
Win %: MIN, 61.6
Win %: MIN, 66.3
Win %: MIN, 66.3
Win %: MIN, 67.9
Win %: MIN, 68.5
Win %: MIN, 66.7
Matchups
Game Information
Minneapolis, MN
Referee:Josh Tiven
Referee:Jacyn Goble
Referee:Tony Brothers
Referee:Ray Acosta
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 45 | 15 | .750 | - | L1 |
| Denver | 37 | 22 | .627 | 7.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 36 | 23 | .610 | 8.5 | W1 |
| Portland | 29 | 31 | .483 | 16 | W1 |
| Utah | 18 | 41 | .305 | 26.5 | L4 |
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