Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets
West Semifinals - Game 5 • DEN leads series 3-2
56-26, 26-15 Away
97
56-26, 26-15 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 26 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 97 |
DEN | 28 | 22 | 38 | 24 | 112 |
57-25, 33-8 Home
112
57-25, 33-8 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes tip shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 12-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes alley oop layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Justin Holiday assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jamal Murray misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes technical free throw
- Christian Braun misses free throw 1 of 2
- Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes finger roll layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Monte Morris misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Christian Braun makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot two point shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 16-foot two point shot
- Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Christian Braun misses free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Monte Morris makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 6-foot two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Jamal Murray misses layup
- Jamal Murray makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 6-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses 14-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 1 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 1
- Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Monte Morris makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 14-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Monte Morris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Naz Reid makes 1-foot dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun misses 1-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point shot
- Naz Reid makes driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Christian Braun makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses free throw 1 of 2
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2
- Aaron Gordon makes 15-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Naz Reid misses 13-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 11-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 9-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 58.8
Win %: DEN, 58.7
Win %: DEN, 57.1
Win %: DEN, 58.6
Win %: DEN, 57.1
Win %: DEN, 58.6
Win %: DEN, 61.4
Win %: DEN, 56.4
Win %: DEN, 54.0
Win %: DEN, 53.2
Win %: DEN, 55.5
Win %: DEN, 56.3
Win %: DEN, 53.9
Win %: DEN, 53.2
Win %: DEN, 56.2
Win %: DEN, 53.1
Win %: DEN, 53.1
Win %: DEN, 55.4
Win %: DEN, 53.0
Win %: MIN, 52
Win %: MIN, 52
Win %: MIN, 51.2
Win %: DEN, 50.9
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:Bill Kennedy
Referee:Ed Malloy
Referee:John Goble
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 51 | 15 | .773 | - | W6 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 25 | .615 | 10.5 | L2 |
| Denver | 39 | 26 | .600 | 11.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 31 | 35 | .470 | 20 | L1 |
| Utah | 20 | 45 | .308 | 30.5 | W1 |
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