Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets — Apr 28, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Ball Arena, Denver·April 28, 2026
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 50-33, 24-18 Away
113
Final
125
Denver Nuggets DEN 54-29, 29-13 Home
1 2 3 4 T
MIN 29 22 24 38 113
DEN 34 26 37 28 125
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Randle FC MIN
27 PTS
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
27 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Randle FC MIN
9 REB
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
12 REB
Assists
J.
J. Randle FC MIN
6 AST
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
16 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
50.6% Field Goals 56.6%
42.9% 3-Point FG 37.9%
82.6% Free Throws 80%
38 Rebounds 29
9 OFF 5
29 DEF 24
26 Assists 35
6 Steals 16
2 Blocks 6
25 Turnovers 16
27 Fouls 29
3 Biggest Lead 27
1:06 Time in Lead 46:27
7 Max Pts in Row 8
Four Factors
58% eFG% 63.3%
21.5% TOV% 14.5%
27.3% ORB% 14.7%
23.5% FT Rate 24.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 38 - 28 113 - 125
2PT T. Shannon Jr.
113 - 125 0:45
111 - 125 0:54
N. Jokić 2PT
FT J. Beringer
111 - 123 1:45
FT J. Beringer
110 - 123 1:45
109 - 123 1:53
C. Johnson 2PT
FT T. Shannon Jr.
109 - 121 2:04
2PT T. Shannon Jr.
108 - 121 2:04
3PT T. Shannon Jr.
106 - 121 2:38
103 - 121 3:03
N. Jokić 2PT
FT J. Randle
103 - 119 3:26
FT J. Randle
102 - 119 3:26
101 - 119 3:33
N. Jokić FT
101 - 118 3:33
N. Jokić 2PT
101 - 116 3:55
J. Murray 2PT
101 - 114 4:12
C. Braun 3PT
2PT N. Reid
101 - 111 4:38
FT J. Randle
99 - 111 5:08
2PT J. Randle
98 - 111 5:08
96 - 111 5:25
N. Jokić FT
96 - 110 5:25
N. Jokić FT
2PT B. Hyland
96 - 109 5:38
2PT A. Dosunmu
94 - 109 5:59
2PT J. Randle
92 - 109 6:10
90 - 109 6:24
J. Murray FT
90 - 108 6:24
J. Murray FT
2PT A. Dosunmu
90 - 107 6:41
88 - 107 6:57
T. Jones FT
FT B. Hyland
88 - 106 7:06
2PT B. Hyland
87 - 106 7:06
FT J. Randle
85 - 106 7:44
84 - 106 7:56
B. Brown FT
84 - 105 8:28
J. Valančiūnas FT
FT A. Dosunmu
84 - 104 8:40
2PT A. Dosunmu
83 - 104 8:40
81 - 104 8:49
B. Brown 2PT
2PT J. McDaniels
81 - 102 9:05
2PT J. Randle
79 - 102 9:40
FT J. McDaniels
77 - 102 9:59
FT J. McDaniels
76 - 102 9:59
75 - 102 10:07
J. Murray 3PT
75 - 99 10:58
J. Valančiūnas 2PT
Q3 24 - 37 75 - 97
FT R. Gobert
75 - 97 0:21
2PT R. Gobert
74 - 97 0:21
72 - 97 0:34
C. Johnson 2PT
72 - 95 0:55
C. Braun 2PT
72 - 93 1:02
C. Johnson 3PT
2PT K. Anderson
72 - 90 1:17
FT B. Hyland
70 - 90 1:35
69 - 90 1:38
C. Braun 2PT
69 - 88 2:04
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
69 - 87 2:04
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
2PT T. Shannon Jr.
69 - 85 2:17
67 - 85 2:36
J. Murray FT
67 - 84 2:36
J. Murray 2PT
3PT T. Shannon Jr.
67 - 82 3:03
3PT A. Dosunmu
64 - 82 3:28
61 - 82 4:03
N. Jokić FT
61 - 81 4:03
N. Jokić FT
61 - 80 4:31
N. Jokić 2PT
2PT J. Randle
61 - 78 4:55
59 - 78 5:49
S. Jones 2PT
2PT J. McDaniels
59 - 76 6:12
57 - 76 6:33
J. Murray 2PT
2PT N. Reid
57 - 74 6:57
55 - 74 7:12
C. Braun FT
55 - 73 7:12
C. Braun FT
55 - 72 7:40
S. Jones 3PT
FT J. McDaniels
55 - 69 7:56
54 - 69 9:31
S. Jones 3PT
54 - 66 9:59
S. Jones 3PT
54 - 63 10:21
N. Jokić FT
2PT A. Dosunmu
54 - 62 10:55
FT J. Randle
52 - 62 11:20
51 - 62 11:43
J. Murray 2PT
Q2 22 - 26 51 - 60
51 - 60 0:01
N. Jokić 3PT
2PT J. McDaniels
51 - 57 0:14
49 - 57 1:05
C. Johnson 2PT
49 - 55 1:38
C. Johnson 2PT
2PT J. McDaniels
49 - 53 1:57
3PT B. Hyland
47 - 53 3:18
44 - 53 3:38
S. Jones 2PT
2PT J. Randle
44 - 51 3:50
42 - 51 4:22
N. Jokić 2PT
42 - 49 5:01
B. Brown 2PT
42 - 47 5:22
S. Jones 3PT
2PT J. McDaniels
42 - 44 6:35
40 - 44 6:48
J. Valančiūnas 2PT
3PT N. Reid
40 - 42 7:09
37 - 42 7:38
J. Valančiūnas 2PT
37 - 40 8:20
J. Valančiūnas 2PT
FT J. Randle
37 - 38 8:33
FT J. Randle
36 - 38 8:33
35 - 38 8:55
J. Murray 2PT
2PT N. Reid
35 - 36 9:33
33 - 36 10:32
T. Jones 2PT
2PT K. Anderson
33 - 34 11:08
FT J. Randle
31 - 34 11:40
FT J. Randle
30 - 34 11:40
Q1 29 - 34 29 - 34
3PT B. Hyland
29 - 34 0:06
26 - 34 0:20
B. Brown 2PT
2PT M. Conley
26 - 32 0:51
24 - 32 1:01
T. Hardaway Jr. 3PT
3PT N. Reid
24 - 29 1:13
2PT M. Conley
21 - 29 1:39
19 - 29 2:25
N. Jokić FT
19 - 28 2:39
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
3PT A. Dosunmu
19 - 26 2:55
16 - 26 3:08
C. Johnson 3PT
3PT B. Hyland
16 - 23 3:31
13 - 22 4:55
N. Jokić 2PT
13 - 21 4:55
N. Jokić FT
13 - 20 5:37
S. Jones FT
13 - 19 5:37
S. Jones FT
13 - 18 6:04
J. Murray 2PT
2PT T. Shannon Jr.
13 - 16 6:23
11 - 16 7:00
N. Jokić 2PT
3PT A. Dosunmu
11 - 14 7:34
8 - 14 8:14
J. Murray 3PT
2PT J. Randle
8 - 11 8:27
6 - 11 8:48
S. Jones 2PT
6 - 9 9:02
C. Johnson 2PT
6 - 7 10:13
J. Murray FT
6 - 6 10:13
J. Murray 2PT
3PT J. Randle
6 - 4 10:26
3 - 4 10:40
N. Jokić 2PT
3 - 2 11:10
C. Johnson 2PT
3PT J. Randle
3 - 0 11:33
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 2 Biggest Lead: DEN +27 Times Tied: 1
Head-to-Head
Series tied 2-2
Final
MIN Timberwolves
25392629
119
DEN Nuggets
39252921
114
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 28, 2026
Time
2:30 am
Duration
48 min