Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves — Apr 26, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Target Center, Minneapolis·April 26, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 53-29, 25-16 Away
96
Final
112
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 50-32, 26-15 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 23 31 24 18 96
MIN 22 28 32 30 112
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Murray G DEN
30 PTS
A.
A. Dosunmu G MIN
43 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
15 REB
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
15 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
9 AST
B.
B. Hyland G MIN
7 AST
Box Scores
Nuggets
Timberwolves
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
Nuggets
Timberwolves
37.9% Field Goals 43.8%
21.4% 3-Point FG 36%
85.7% Free Throws 96.2%
38 Rebounds 50
12 OFF 16
26 DEF 34
21 Assists 22
7 Steals 6
7 Blocks 5
10 Turnovers 12
22 Fouls 22
7 Biggest Lead 16
21:13 Time in Lead 22:49
8 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
41.4% eFG% 48.9%
9.1% TOV% 10.7%
26.1% ORB% 38.1%
27.6% FT Rate 28.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 18 - 30 96 - 112
96 - 112 0:03
J. McDaniels 2PT
96 - 110 0:18
A. Dosunmu FT
96 - 109 0:18
A. Dosunmu FT
FT N. Jokić
96 - 108 0:28
FT N. Jokić
95 - 108 0:28
94 - 108 0:33
A. Dosunmu FT
94 - 107 0:33
A. Dosunmu FT
94 - 106 1:02
J. McDaniels FT
94 - 105 1:02
J. McDaniels FT
FT N. Jokić
94 - 104 1:22
FT N. Jokić
93 - 104 1:22
92 - 104 1:30
A. Dosunmu 3PT
92 - 101 2:34
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT J. Murray
92 - 99 3:59
3PT J. Murray
90 - 99 5:35
FT C. Braun
87 - 99 6:03
86 - 99 6:29
A. Dosunmu 2PT
FT C. Braun
86 - 97 6:48
FT C. Braun
85 - 97 6:48
84 - 97 7:14
R. Gobert 2PT
FT J. Murray
84 - 95 7:40
FT J. Murray
83 - 95 7:40
82 - 95 7:53
A. Dosunmu 2PT
82 - 93 8:28
M. Conley 3PT
82 - 90 9:16
A. Dosunmu 2PT
82 - 88 9:34
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT J. Murray
82 - 86 10:01
80 - 86 10:22
J. McDaniels FT
80 - 85 10:22
J. McDaniels FT
FT J. Murray
80 - 84 11:06
FT J. Murray
79 - 84 11:06
78 - 84 11:26
N. Reid 2PT
Q3 24 - 32 78 - 82
78 - 82 0:08
A. Dosunmu FT
78 - 81 0:08
A. Dosunmu FT
FT C. Johnson
78 - 80 0:28
FT C. Johnson
77 - 80 0:28
76 - 80 1:12
J. Randle 2PT
76 - 78 1:33
N. Reid 2PT
76 - 76 2:02
N. Reid FT
76 - 75 2:02
N. Reid FT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
76 - 74 2:09
75 - 74 3:09
J. Randle 2PT
FT N. Jokić
75 - 72 4:02
FT N. Jokić
74 - 72 4:02
73 - 72 4:34
A. Dosunmu 2PT
73 - 70 4:48
B. Hyland 2PT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
73 - 68 5:36
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
72 - 68 5:36
71 - 68 5:48
A. Dosunmu 3PT
FT N. Jokić
71 - 65 6:03
FT N. Jokić
70 - 65 6:03
3PT J. Murray
69 - 65 6:25
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
66 - 65 6:48
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
65 - 65 6:48
63 - 65 8:06
J. Randle FT
63 - 64 8:06
J. Randle FT
63 - 63 8:31
A. Dosunmu 3PT
63 - 60 9:02
A. Dosunmu FT
63 - 59 9:02
A. Dosunmu FT
63 - 58 9:26
J. Randle 2PT
2PT J. Murray
63 - 56 9:39
61 - 56 9:50
J. Randle 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
61 - 54 10:05
59 - 54 10:23
M. Conley 2PT
2PT A. Gordon
59 - 52 10:35
57 - 52 11:18
J. Randle 2PT
FT J. Murray
57 - 50 11:28
2PT C. Johnson
56 - 50 11:29
Q2 31 - 28 54 - 50
3PT C. Johnson
54 - 50 0:04
51 - 50 0:27
B. Hyland 2PT
2PT A. Gordon
51 - 48 0:34
49 - 48 0:43
N. Reid 2PT
49 - 46 1:21
T. Shannon 3PT
3PT A. Gordon
49 - 43 1:44
46 - 43 1:56
B. Hyland FT
46 - 42 1:56
B. Hyland FT
2PT J. Murray
46 - 41 2:05
44 - 41 2:21
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
44 - 39 2:43
42 - 39 3:20
N. Reid 2PT
2PT C. Braun
42 - 37 3:40
40 - 37 4:03
A. Edwards FT
40 - 36 4:03
A. Edwards FT
2PT N. Jokić
40 - 35 4:20
38 - 35 5:02
A. Dosunmu FT
38 - 34 5:02
A. Dosunmu FT
2PT B. Brown
38 - 33 6:09
2PT B. Brown
36 - 33 6:27
34 - 33 6:43
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
34 - 31 7:02
32 - 31 7:19
A. Dosunmu FT
32 - 30 7:19
A. Dosunmu FT
2PT J. Murray
32 - 29 7:31
30 - 29 8:30
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT J. Murray
30 - 27 8:49
28 - 27 9:27
N. Reid 2PT
3PT J. Murray
28 - 25 9:50
2PT A. Gordon
25 - 25 10:39
23 - 25 10:58
N. Reid 3PT
Q1 23 - 22 23 - 22
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
23 - 22 0:39
21 - 22 1:19
N. Reid 2PT
21 - 20 1:45
B. Hyland 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
21 - 18 2:13
2PT B. Brown
19 - 18 2:32
17 - 18 2:52
A. Dosunmu 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
17 - 15 3:07
3PT C. Braun
15 - 15 4:39
12 - 15 4:55
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT J. Murray
12 - 13 5:28
FT J. Murray
11 - 13 5:28
10 - 13 5:41
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
10 - 11 5:57
8 - 11 6:22
A. Dosunmu 3PT
2PT J. Murray
8 - 8 6:47
6 - 8 7:03
J. Randle FT
2PT N. Jokić
6 - 7 7:59
4 - 7 8:18
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
4 - 5 8:34
2PT N. Jokić
2 - 5 9:42
0 - 5 11:08
A. Edwards 3PT
0 - 2 11:43
J. Randle 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 5 Biggest Lead: MIN +16 Times Tied: 6
Head-to-Head
Nuggets leads 2-1
Final
DEN Nuggets
11282928
96
MIN Timberwolves
25362725
113
Final/OT
DEN Nuggets
2926323636
123
MIN Timberwolves
3129262626
112
Final
DEN Nuggets
34234525
127
MIN Timberwolves
30352920
114
Target Center
Minneapolis, US · 19,356 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 26, 2026
Time
12:30 am
Duration
48 min