Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets

20-11, 8-6 Away

138

20-11, 8-6 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Timberwolves MIN	29	26	23	37	23	138
Nuggets DEN	32	25	35	23	27	142

Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN

22-8, 10-5 Home

142

22-8, 10-5 Home

Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Spencer Jones assists)
Jamal Murray misses 24-foot running jump shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Spencer Jones 's 3-foot layup
Jaden McDaniels blocks Jamal Murray 's 4-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes 14-foot fade away jump shot
Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert blocks Spencer Jones 's 3-foot reverse layup
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
Bruce Brown makes 1-foot two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Julian Strawther assists)
Nikola Jokic makes running layup (Bruce Brown assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 7-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Mike Conley blocks Julian Strawther 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Nikola Jokic misses driving layup
Nikola Jokic makes tip shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
Zeke Nnaji makes running layup (Bruce Brown assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jonas Valanciunas misses 10-foot fade away jump shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 4-foot two point shot
Bones Hyland blocks Jamal Murray 's 15-foot pullup jump shot
Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Jonas Valanciunas misses 2-foot hook shot
Jaden McDaniels blocks Zeke Nnaji 's 2-foot dunk
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer
Nikola Jokic makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bruce Brown assists)
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 4-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
Peyton Watson makes 5-foot two point shot
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Spencer Jones makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Spencer Jones makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
Jamal Murray makes running layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Bruce Brown misses layup
Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
Bruce Brown misses two point shot
Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper
Bruce Brown makes 3-foot two point shot
Peyton Watson makes 2-foot driving dunk
Jamal Murray misses 18-foot fade away jump shot
Julian Strawther misses driving floating jump shot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses running layup
Bruce Brown makes tip shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Jonas Valanciunas 's 5-foot driving layup
Bruce Brown misses running layup
Spencer Jones makes two point shot
Donte DiVincenzo blocks Julian Strawther 's 28-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jonas Valanciunas makes 2-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray misses two point shot
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
Julius Randle blocks Nikola Jokic 's 8-foot turnaround jump shot
Nikola Jokic misses 13-foot fade away jump shot
Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
Jamal Murray misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Peyton Watson 's 7-foot layup
Spencer Jones makes tip shot
Nikola Jokic misses heave jump shot
Spencer Jones misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert blocks Jamal Murray 's 5-foot driving layup
Spencer Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer
Julius Randle misses 16-foot fade away jump shot
Nikola Jokic blocks Rudy Gobert 's 7-foot layup
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
Donte DiVincenzo makes two point shot (Julius Randle assists)
Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three pointer (Julius Randle assists)
Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
Donte DiVincenzo misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gobert makes tip shot
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 21-foot pullup jump shot
Julius Randle misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Nikola Jokic blocks Naz Reid 's 14-foot driving floating jump shot
Naz Reid misses 28-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Mike Conley assists)
Julius Randle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Bones Hyland misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 37-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses running layup
Julius Randle makes running layup (Bones Hyland assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper
Zeke Nnaji blocks Donte DiVincenzo 's 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 8-foot two point shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 2-foot driving dunk (Naz Reid assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 10-foot running pullup jump shot
Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Naz Reid makes 2-foot running dunk (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Rudy Gobert makes layup
Naz Reid makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Bones Hyland makes running layup (Naz Reid assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
Julius Randle makes two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
Julius Randle makes 2-foot layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Naz Reid misses 22-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Julius Randle misses 17-foot two point shot
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Clark misses driving layup
Jaylen Clark makes 7-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
Julius Randle makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Julius Randle makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Donte DiVincenzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle misses 23-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes layup (Julius Randle assists)
Donte DiVincenzo misses driving floating jump shot
Donte DiVincenzo misses tip shot
Donte DiVincenzo misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tim Hardaway Jr. blocks Anthony Edwards 's 3-foot running layup
Julius Randle misses two point shot
Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle makes two point shot
Julius Randle misses driving layup
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses two point shot
Julius Randle makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 1-foot running dunk (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
Naz Reid misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Terrence Shannon Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bones Hyland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
Julius Randle makes driving dunk (Bones Hyland assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Julius Randle makes running layup
Julius Randle misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 5-foot two point shot (Bones Hyland assists)
Bones Hyland misses driving floating jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Donte DiVincenzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
Donte DiVincenzo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot running jump shot
Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point jumper
Julius Randle makes running layup (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Julius Randle makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three pointer (Julius Randle assists)
Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaden McDaniels makes running dunk (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 17-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three pointer
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jamal Murray blocks Rudy Gobert 's 4-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Rudy Gobert misses tip in dunk
Julius Randle misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards makes 4-foot two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 1-foot driving dunk
Jaden McDaniels makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Donte DiVincenzo makes 3-foot layup (Julius Randle assists)
Bones Hyland makes 1-foot two point shot

TIMBERWOLVES

NUGGETS

TIME		MIN	DEN
12:00	Rudy Gobert vs. Nikola Jokic (Donte DiVincenzo gains possession)	0	0
11:35	Julius Randle misses 16-foot fade away jump shot	0	0
11:33	Nuggets defensive team rebound	0	0
11:10	Nikola Jokic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Spencer Jones assists)	0	3
10:55	Nikola Jokic blocks Rudy Gobert 's 7-foot layup	0	3
10:55	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	0	3
10:50	Anthony Edwards out of bounds lost ball turnover	0	3
10:42	Jamal Murray bad pass turnover (Anthony Edwards steals)	0	3
10:36	Anthony Edwards bad pass turnover (Spencer Jones steals)	0	3
10:31	Jamal Murray misses 24-foot running jump shot	0	3
10:28	Anthony Edwards defensive rebound	0	3
10:20	Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot	0	3
10:17	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	0	3
10:02	Peyton Watson lost ball turnover (Anthony Edwards steals)	0	3
9:58	Donte DiVincenzo makes two point shot (Julius Randle assists)	2	3
9:41	Rudy Gobert blocks Spencer Jones 's 3-foot layup	2	3
9:39	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	2	3
9:26	Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	3
9:23	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	2	3
9:08	Jaden McDaniels blocks Jamal Murray 's 4-foot two point shot	2	3
9:08	Nuggets offensive team rebound	2	3
9:01	Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	2	5
8:47	Julius Randle bad pass turnover (Spencer Jones steals)	2	5
8:41	Peyton Watson traveling turnover	2	5
8:33	Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three pointer (Julius Randle assists)	5	5
8:16	Jamal Murray makes 14-foot fade away jump shot	5	7
8:02	Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	7
7:58	Peyton Watson defensive rebound	5	7
7:47	Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	7
7:45	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	5	7
7:34	Anthony Edwards makes 27-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)	8	7
7:16	Jamal Murray out of bounds lost ball turnover	8	7
7:10	Anthony Edwards bad pass turnover (Peyton Watson steals)	8	7
7:07	Rudy Gobert shooting foul	8	7
7:07	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	8	8
7:07	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	8	9
6:51	Donte DiVincenzo misses 28-foot three point jumper	8	9
6:48	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	8	9
6:48	Rudy Gobert makes tip shot	10	9
6:43	Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	9
6:40	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	10	9
6:27	Spencer Jones shooting foul	10	9
6:27	Nuggets Full timeout	10	9
6:27	Bruce Brown enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.	10	9
6:27	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 3	11	9
6:27	Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 3	12	9
6:27	Anthony Edwards misses free throw 3 of 3	12	9
6:25	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	12	9
6:12	Rudy Gobert blocks Spencer Jones 's 3-foot reverse layup	12	9
6:10	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	12	9
6:06	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot	14	9
5:54	Jaden McDaniels personal foul	14	9
5:48	Jamal Murray makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	14	12
5:39	Jaden McDaniels makes 21-foot pullup jump shot	16	12
5:20	Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot	16	12
5:19	Rudy Gobert defensive rebound	16	12
5:05	Julius Randle misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	16	12
5:02	Rudy Gobert offensive rebound	16	12
5:02	Nikola Jokic shooting foul	16	12
5:02	Nuggets delay of game violation	16	12
5:02	Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2	16	12
5:02	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	16	12
5:02	Mike Conley enters the game for Donte DiVincenzo	16	12
5:02	Naz Reid enters the game for Julius Randle	16	12
5:02	Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2	17	12
4:48	Jamal Murray bad pass turnover (Anthony Edwards steals)	17	12
4:35	Naz Reid makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)	20	12
4:21	Bruce Brown makes 1-foot two point shot	20	14
4:04	Nikola Jokic blocks Naz Reid 's 14-foot driving floating jump shot	20	14
4:03	Nikola Jokic defensive rebound	20	14
3:52	Naz Reid shooting foul	20	14
3:52	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2	20	15
3:52	Julian Strawther enters the game for Spencer Jones	20	15
3:52	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2	20	16
3:38	Naz Reid misses 28-foot three point jumper	20	16
3:37	Nuggets defensive team rebound	20	16
3:37	Rudy Gobert loose ball foul	20	16
3:37	Julius Randle enters the game for Rudy Gobert	20	16
3:27	Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)	20	18
3:27	Julius Randle shooting foul	20	18
3:27	Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1	20	19
3:17	Anthony Edwards makes 19-foot step back jumpshot (Mike Conley assists)	22	19
3:00	Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)	22	22
3:00	Timberwolves Full timeout	22	22
3:00	Tim Hardaway Jr. enters the game for Jamal Murray	22	22
3:00	Bones Hyland enters the game for Jaden McDaniels	22	22
2:44	Julius Randle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	25	22
2:30	Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Julian Strawther assists)	25	24
2:17	Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	25	24
2:13	Naz Reid offensive rebound	25	24
2:12	Bones Hyland misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	24
2:12	Tim Hardaway Jr. defensive rebound	25	24
2:03	Nikola Jokic makes running layup (Bruce Brown assists)	25	26
1:38	Anthony Edwards misses 37-foot three point jumper	25	26
1:37	Nuggets defensive team rebound	25	26
1:23	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 7-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)	25	28
1:10	Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	28
1:08	Julian Strawther defensive rebound	25	28
1:00	Mike Conley blocks Julian Strawther 's 5-foot driving floating jump shot	25	28
57.7	Naz Reid defensive rebound	25	28
53.6	Naz Reid misses running layup	25	28
51.9	Julian Strawther defensive rebound	25	28
46.6	Bruce Brown lost ball turnover (Mike Conley steals)	25	28
41.4	Julius Randle makes running layup (Bones Hyland assists)	27	28
32.1	Nikola Jokic misses driving layup	27	28
30.5	Nikola Jokic offensive rebound	27	28
30.5	Nikola Jokic makes tip shot	27	30
20.0	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot	29	30
5.7	Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)	29	32
0.4	Bones Hyland misses 26-foot three point jumper	29	32
0.4	Nuggets defensive team rebound	29	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	32

Jokic drops 56-16-15 master class in Nuggets' Christmas Day win

1:31

Ant ejected in OT after second technical foul

1:15

Jokic floats it home to tie it in OT

0:19

Regular Season Series

DEN leads 3-0

Nuggets
127
Timberwolves
114

Game 1

28/10

Nuggets
123
Timberwolves
112

Game 2

16/11

Timberwolves
138
Nuggets
142

Game 3

26/12

Timberwolves
Nuggets

Game 4

1/3

Ball Arena

3:30 AM, 26 December 2025

Denver, CO

Attendance: 20,046

Referees:
Scott Foster
Matt Myers
Scott Twardoski

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	26	5	.839	-	L2
Denver	22	8	.733	3.5	W1
Minnesota	20	11	.645	6	L1
Portland	12	18	.400	13.5	L2
Utah	10	19	.345	15	L4

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