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[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets take a 3-0 series lead as they defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves by 120 – 111, behind an efficient 20/11/12 triple double from Nikola Jokic

  • April 22, 2023


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|[](/DEN) **120 – 111** [](/MIN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/DEN-vs-MIN-0042200143/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|

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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Target Center (19536), **Clock:** Final|
|**Officials:** Zach Zarba, Eric Dalen, and James Williams|

|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Denver Nuggets|28|33|33|26|120|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|28|27|33|23|111|

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|**TEAM STATS**|

|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Denver Nuggets|120|48-84|57.1%|13-32|40.6%|11-13|84.6%|5|44|32|26|8|14|4|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|111|36-79|45.6%|10-26|38.5%|29-35|82.9%|6|43|24|21|8|13|2|

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|**PLAYER STATS**|

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**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|39:34|25|10-17|4-8|1-1|1|8|9|2|1|1|0|3|9|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|30:43|14|4-7|1-2|5-5|0|7|7|0|1|0|2|4|11|
|Nikola Jokic^C|38:02|20|9-13|2-3|0-0|2|9|11|12|1|0|4|4|7|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|28:30|14|5-10|3-6|1-2|1|1|2|1|2|1|2|5|3|
|Jamal Murray^PG|38:12|18|7-16|1-6|3-4|0|6|6|9|1|1|3|3|3|
|Bruce Brown|23:46|12|6-8|0-1|0-0|1|2|3|4|1|1|2|3|11|
|Jeff Green|26:46|8|3-8|1-4|1-1|0|2|2|2|1|0|0|2|4|
|Christian Braun|13:57|9|4-5|1-2|0-0|0|0|0|2|0|0|1|2|1|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:28|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-4|
|Thomas Bryant|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Vlatko Cancar|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Reggie Jackson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Zeke Nnaji|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Ish Smith|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Peyton Watson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/MIN) Minnesota Timberwolves**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Nickeil Alexander-Walker^SF|21:33|8|3-5|2-2|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|2|0|
|Karl-Anthony Towns^PF|41:32|27|10-17|2-4|5-5|1|6|7|1|1|1|4|2|-10|
|Rudy Gobert^C|32:21|18|7-10|0-0|4-8|5|5|10|3|0|0|1|6|-2|
|Anthony Edwards^SG|43:56|36|10-22|3-11|13-15|0|7|7|5|3|1|3|1|-7|
|Mike Conley^PG|39:03|12|3-8|2-3|4-4|0|2|2|5|1|0|2|4|-4|
|Kyle Anderson|28:42|2|1-7|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|6|2|0|2|5|-10|
|Taurean Prince|14:52|8|2-3|1-2|3-3|0|1|1|1|1|0|1|1|-9|
|Jaylen Nowell|12:25|0|0-6|0-2|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|
|Austin Rivers|05:34|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-3|
|Nathan Knight|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jordan McLaughlin|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Josh Minott|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Wendell Moore Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jaden McDaniels|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Naz Reid|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|

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28 comments

  2. I want to root for KAT, but it’s just embarrassing how useless he was down the stretch there

  5. Booth vs Connelly. We’ve been begging for defensive wings for years, Booth goes out and gets Brown and KCP, then gets their replacements in Braun and Watson (who looked so solid to end the season).

    Braun and MPJ were the highlight of this game for me. Just constantly attacking and finishing strong at the rim

  6. I feel so bad for Wolves fans. Everything was looking up for them finally and then Connelly set them back a decade.

  10. Jokic casually dominated the game

    KAT is so disappointing

    Ant is gonna be a superstar, no doubt about it.

  11. i watch Jokic and it feels like most of his post ups he does a great of making sure his man gets hit with screens, he sets them up well, and that’s why his post ups are like 6ft out instead of 12ft out

    having a C like Jokic with his shooting and passing is so insane lmao like you really have other bigs tryna fight over screens almost every possession because of him, and guards tryna hedge and recover

  12. Being sloppy as fuck at every facet like the Wolves are just stands out so bad against a team as polished as Denver

  15. The impact Jokic had down the stretch at this game despite taking *1* shot in the final 6 minutes of this game is unbelievable

  17. Love Kyle Anderson but he has no business being out there alongside the twin towers lineups. Absolutely zero space for Conley and Edwards to work

  22. Sad part is Rudy was the reason it was competitive tonight, he played pretty well tbh

  23. I know Minnesota isn’t exactly the Kings, but the Denver defense looks kinda nice. More active, and showing that the length and speed of the players can offset some of Jokic’s weaknesses.

  24. GG.. Jamal Murray is nasty. I feel like I wouldn’t even be nervous if he was on my team. Dude makes so many tough shots.

  25. Wolves are actually trying and Denver’s players look like they’re taking turns sleepwalking through the games. Tough

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