Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets — Apr 21, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Ball Arena, Denver·April 21, 2026
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 48-32, 24-17 Away
119
Final
114
Denver Nuggets DEN 53-27, 28-13 Home
1 2 3 4 T
MIN 25 39 26 29 119
DEN 39 25 29 21 114
Leaders
Points
A.
A. Edwards G MIN
30 PTS
J.
J. Murray G DEN
30 PTS
Rebounds
A.
A. Edwards G MIN
10 REB
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
15 REB
Assists
J.
J. Randle FC MIN
6 AST
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
8 AST
Box Scores
Timberwolves
Nuggets
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Timberwolves
Nuggets
47.8% Field Goals 44.2%
41.2% 3-Point FG 36.6%
63.3% Free Throws 76.7%
49 Rebounds 43
9 OFF 5
40 DEF 38
30 Assists 28
6 Steals 5
2 Blocks 1
12 Turnovers 9
30 Fouls 24
8 Biggest Lead 19
13:28 Time in Lead 31:23
11 Max Pts in Row 17
Four Factors
55.6% eFG% 52.9%
10.4% TOV% 8.3%
19.1% ORB% 11.1%
21.1% FT Rate 26.7%
Play-by-Play
Q4 29 - 21 119 - 114
2PT D. DiVincenzo
119 - 114 0:04
FT J. Randle
117 - 114 0:19
FT J. Randle
116 - 114 0:19
115 - 114 0:20
C. Braun FT
115 - 113 0:50
N. Jokić 2PT
3PT D. DiVincenzo
115 - 111 1:05
112 - 111 1:18
A. Gordon 3PT
2PT R. Gobert
112 - 108 2:06
110 - 108 3:36
C. Braun FT
2PT D. DiVincenzo
110 - 107 4:06
2PT J. McDaniels
108 - 107 4:34
2PT J. Randle
106 - 107 5:32
104 - 107 5:57
C. Braun 2PT
FT J. Randle
104 - 105 6:07
FT J. Randle
103 - 105 6:07
2PT A. Edwards
102 - 105 6:40
100 - 105 8:20
C. Braun 2PT
100 - 103 8:49
C. Johnson 2PT
2PT J. McDaniels
100 - 101 9:13
98 - 101 9:54
J. Murray 2PT
FT N. Reid
97 - 99 10:06
FT N. Reid
97 - 99 10:06
2PT N. Reid
96 - 99 10:39
94 - 99 10:51
B. Brown 3PT
2PT N. Reid
94 - 96 11:08
92 - 96 11:23
B. Brown 3PT
2PT A. Dosunmu
92 - 93 11:50
Q3 26 - 29 90 - 93
2PT B. Hyland
90 - 93 0:04
88 - 93 0:47
C. Johnson 2PT
FT B. Hyland
88 - 91 1:07
FT B. Hyland
87 - 91 1:07
86 - 91 1:17
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
86 - 90 1:41
N. Jokić FT
86 - 89 1:41
N. Jokić FT
2PT A. Dosunmu
86 - 88 1:48
84 - 88 2:12
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
3PT B. Hyland
84 - 87 2:30
81 - 87 2:44
N. Jokić 2PT
2PT A. Edwards
81 - 85 3:10
79 - 85 4:13
N. Jokić FT
79 - 84 4:13
N. Jokić 2PT
79 - 82 4:46
J. Murray 2PT
79 - 80 5:09
N. Jokić 3PT
FT A. Edwards
79 - 77 5:21
2PT A. Edwards
78 - 77 5:21
76 - 77 5:29
N. Jokić FT
76 - 76 5:29
N. Jokić FT
76 - 75 6:05
N. Jokić 2PT
FT A. Edwards
76 - 73 6:21
2PT A. Edwards
75 - 73 6:21
3PT D. DiVincenzo
73 - 73 6:37
70 - 73 6:46
C. Johnson 2PT
70 - 70 8:25
C. Braun FT
70 - 70 8:25
C. Braun FT
2PT J. McDaniels
70 - 69 9:13
2PT J. McDaniels
68 - 69 9:58
66 - 69 10:37
N. Jokić FT
66 - 68 10:37
N. Jokić FT
2PT J. McDaniels
66 - 67 10:49
64 - 67 11:12
J. Murray 3PT
Q2 39 - 25 64 - 64
64 - 64 0:01
J. Murray 3PT
64 - 61 0:54
T. Hardaway Jr. 3PT
64 - 58 1:20
N. Jokić 2PT
2PT A. Dosunmu
64 - 56 2:00
2PT J. Randle
62 - 56 2:45
60 - 56 3:09
A. Gordon FT
3PT N. Reid
60 - 55 3:20
FT J. Randle
57 - 55 3:47
FT J. Randle
56 - 55 3:47
55 - 55 4:01
C. Johnson 2PT
3PT A. Edwards
55 - 53 4:22
52 - 53 4:41
J. Murray 3PT
3PT D. DiVincenzo
52 - 50 5:02
49 - 50 5:18
N. Jokić 2PT
2PT A. Edwards
49 - 48 5:27
FT A. Edwards
47 - 48 6:01
3PT A. Dosunmu
46 - 48 6:32
2PT J. McDaniels
43 - 48 6:48
3PT D. DiVincenzo
41 - 48 7:24
38 - 48 7:42
J. Murray 2PT
2PT J. Randle
38 - 46 7:55
36 - 46 8:12
J. Murray 2PT
2PT J. Randle
36 - 44 8:31
FT A. Edwards
34 - 44 9:06
FT A. Edwards
33 - 44 9:06
2PT N. Reid
32 - 44 9:10
2PT A. Edwards
30 - 44 9:52
3PT A. Edwards
28 - 44 11:03
25 - 44 11:19
J. Murray 2PT
25 - 42 11:49
T. Hardaway Jr. 3PT
Q1 25 - 39 25 - 39
2PT J. McDaniels
25 - 39 0:01
23 - 39 0:07
A. Gordon 2PT
FT J. Randle
23 - 37 0:25
FT J. Randle
22 - 37 0:25
21 - 37 0:35
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
21 - 36 0:35
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
21 - 35 1:14
N. Jokić 2PT
3PT B. Hyland
21 - 33 1:30
18 - 33 1:52
B. Brown FT
18 - 32 2:53
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
18 - 31 2:53
T. Hardaway Jr. 3PT
2PT A. Edwards
18 - 28 3:11
3PT B. Hyland
16 - 28 3:42
13 - 28 3:57
J. Murray FT
13 - 27 3:57
J. Murray 3PT
FT A. Edwards
13 - 24 4:11
FT A. Edwards
12 - 24 4:11
11 - 24 4:32
J. Murray FT
11 - 23 4:32
J. Murray 3PT
11 - 20 5:37
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
11 - 18 6:32
C. Braun 2PT
11 - 16 6:32
C. Braun FT
11 - 15 6:55
C. Johnson 3PT
11 - 12 7:31
C. Braun 3PT
11 - 9 8:00
C. Johnson FT
11 - 8 8:00
C. Johnson FT
3PT J. Randle
11 - 7 8:30
8 - 7 8:50
A. Gordon 2PT
3PT J. Randle
8 - 5 9:41
5 - 5 10:34
C. Braun 2PT
2PT J. Randle
5 - 3 10:50
3PT A. Edwards
3 - 3 11:22
0 - 3 11:36
J. Murray 3PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 10 Biggest Lead: DEN +19 Times Tied: 8
Head-to-Head
Nuggets leads 2-1
Final
MIN Timberwolves
33291726
105
DEN Nuggets
23392925
116
Final
MIN Timberwolves
22363227
117
DEN Nuggets
31193226
108
Final/OT
MIN Timberwolves
2926233723
138
DEN Nuggets
3225352327
142
Ball Arena
Denver, US · 21,000 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 21, 2026
Time
2:30 am
Duration
48 min