Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves — May 1, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Target Center, Minneapolis·May 1, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 54-30, 25-17 Away
98
Final
110
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 51-33, 27-15 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 30 20 24 24 98
MIN 29 28 25 28 110
Leaders
Points
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
28 PTS
J.
J. McDaniels F MIN
32 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
9 REB
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
13 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
10 AST
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
8 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
45.3% Field Goals 45.7%
37% 3-Point FG 24.1%
80% Free Throws 70.8%
33 Rebounds 50
6 OFF 19
27 DEF 31
24 Assists 26
4 Steals 8
8 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 7
26 Fouls 21
5 Biggest Lead 12
5:30 Time in Lead 38:32
7 Max Pts in Row 11
Four Factors
52% eFG% 49.5%
13.1% TOV% 6.3%
16.2% ORB% 41.3%
26.7% FT Rate 18.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 24 - 28 98 - 110
98 - 110 0:26
J. McDaniels FT
98 - 109 0:26
J. McDaniels FT
98 - 108 0:56
R. Gobert FT
98 - 107 0:56
R. Gobert FT
98 - 106 0:58
J. Randle FT
98 - 105 1:07
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT C. Johnson
98 - 103 1:27
97 - 103 1:43
T. Shannon Jr. FT
97 - 102 1:43
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT J. Murray
97 - 100 2:03
FT J. Murray
96 - 100 2:03
95 - 100 3:20
J. Randle 2PT
FT J. Murray
95 - 98 4:50
FT J. Murray
94 - 98 4:50
3PT C. Johnson
93 - 98 5:05
90 - 98 5:26
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT C. Johnson
90 - 96 5:42
FT C. Johnson
89 - 96 5:42
88 - 96 5:53
T. Shannon Jr. 3PT
88 - 93 6:38
R. Gobert 2PT
FT N. Jokić
88 - 91 7:28
87 - 91 7:46
N. Reid 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
87 - 88 8:05
85 - 88 8:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
85 - 86 8:45
2PT T. Jones
83 - 86 9:27
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
81 - 86 9:47
80 - 86 10:02
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT C. Johnson
80 - 84 10:26
77 - 84 10:51
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT S. Jones
77 - 82 11:30
Q3 24 - 25 74 - 82
74 - 82 0:07
J. McDaniels 2PT
74 - 80 1:24
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
74 - 78 1:46
72 - 78 2:13
J. McDaniels 2PT
72 - 76 2:54
N. Reid 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
72 - 74 3:12
70 - 74 3:22
N. Reid 2PT
FT B. Brown
70 - 72 3:37
69 - 72 4:00
J. McDaniels FT
69 - 71 4:00
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT N. Jokić
69 - 69 4:55
FT N. Jokić
68 - 69 4:55
67 - 69 5:07
J. Randle 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
67 - 67 5:36
3PT C. Johnson
65 - 67 7:11
2PT N. Jokić
62 - 67 7:43
60 - 67 8:07
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
60 - 65 8:23
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT N. Jokić
60 - 63 8:38
FT N. Jokić
59 - 63 8:38
58 - 63 8:50
M. Conley 3PT
2PT S. Jones
58 - 60 9:15
56 - 60 9:44
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT J. Murray
56 - 58 9:58
54 - 58 10:20
J. Randle FT
2PT N. Jokić
54 - 57 10:41
2PT N. Jokić
52 - 57 11:44
Q2 20 - 28 50 - 57
50 - 57 0:58
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT C. Johnson
50 - 55 1:05
49 - 55 1:19
J. McDaniels FT
49 - 54 1:19
J. McDaniels FT
3PT C. Johnson
49 - 53 1:34
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
46 - 53 2:16
44 - 53 2:42
J. Randle 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
44 - 50 3:05
42 - 50 3:16
J. McDaniels 2PT
42 - 48 3:58
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
42 - 46 4:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
42 - 44 5:28
N. Reid 2PT
42 - 42 6:04
J. Randle FT
42 - 41 6:04
J. Randle FT
3PT N. Jokić
42 - 40 6:12
39 - 40 7:50
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT J. Murray
39 - 38 8:06
37 - 38 9:14
M. Conley 2PT
3PT S. Jones
37 - 36 10:07
34 - 36 10:21
N. Reid 2PT
34 - 34 11:00
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT T. Jones
34 - 32 11:11
32 - 32 11:28
J. Clark 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
32 - 29 11:47
Q1 30 - 29 30 - 29
FT C. Johnson
30 - 29 0:18
FT C. Johnson
29 - 29 0:36
2PT C. Johnson
28 - 29 0:36
26 - 29 1:04
T. Shannon Jr. FT
26 - 28 1:04
T. Shannon Jr. FT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
26 - 27 1:19
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
24 - 27 1:43
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
23 - 27 1:43
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
22 - 27 1:43
21 - 27 2:01
J. McDaniels 3PT
3PT C. Johnson
21 - 24 2:17
18 - 24 2:34
N. Reid 2PT
2PT J. Murray
18 - 22 2:46
16 - 22 3:01
B. Hyland FT
16 - 21 3:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
16 - 19 3:45
13 - 19 4:01
N. Reid 2PT
13 - 17 4:26
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
13 - 15 4:57
11 - 15 5:07
M. Conley 2PT
2PT J. Murray
11 - 13 5:35
2PT C. Johnson
9 - 13 6:58
7 - 13 7:20
J. Randle 3PT
7 - 10 7:48
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
7 - 8 8:04
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
7 - 6 8:19
J. Randle 2PT
7 - 4 8:47
J. Randle 2PT
3PT C. Braun
7 - 2 9:00
4 - 2 9:15
T. Shannon Jr. FT
4 - 1 9:15
T. Shannon Jr. FT
2PT N. Jokić
4 - 0 10:45
2PT N. Jokić
2 - 0 11:17
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 6 Biggest Lead: MIN +12 Times Tied: 6
Head-to-Head
Series tied 2-2
Final
DEN Nuggets
23312418
96
MIN Timberwolves
22283230
112
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
May 1, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min