Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets — Apr 18, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Ball Arena, Denver·April 18, 2026
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 47-32, 23-17 Away
105
Final
116
Denver Nuggets DEN 53-26, 28-12 Home
1 2 3 4 T
MIN 33 29 17 26 105
DEN 23 39 29 25 116
Leaders
Points
A.
A. Edwards G MIN
22 PTS
J.
J. Murray G DEN
30 PTS
Rebounds
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
10 REB
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
13 REB
Assists
A.
A. Edwards G MIN
7 AST
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
11 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
46% Field Goals 43.7%
32.4% 3-Point FG 27.8%
73.7% Free Throws 90.9%
43 Rebounds 47
7 OFF 8
36 DEF 39
21 Assists 27
7 Steals 7
3 Blocks 1
13 Turnovers 13
25 Fouls 17
12 Biggest Lead 15
20:27 Time in Lead 24:40
9 Max Pts in Row 14
Four Factors
52.3% eFG% 49.4%
12% TOV% 11.4%
15.2% ORB% 18.2%
16.1% FT Rate 34.5%
Play-by-Play
Q4 26 - 25 105 - 116
2PT J. Randle
105 - 116 0:30
103 - 116 0:34
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
103 - 115 0:34
T. Hardaway Jr. FT
2PT A. Edwards
103 - 114 0:39
101 - 114 0:44
N. Jokić 2PT
101 - 112 0:54
C. Johnson 2PT
101 - 110 1:28
A. Gordon FT
101 - 109 1:39
J. Murray FT
101 - 108 1:50
A. Gordon 2PT
2PT J. Randle
101 - 106 3:05
FT A. Edwards
99 - 106 3:57
FT A. Edwards
98 - 106 3:57
97 - 106 4:10
B. Brown 2PT
2PT J. Randle
97 - 104 4:55
95 - 104 5:12
C. Braun FT
95 - 103 5:12
C. Braun FT
95 - 102 5:45
N. Jokić 2PT
95 - 100 6:09
N. Jokić FT
95 - 99 6:09
N. Jokić 2PT
2PT A. Dosunmu
95 - 97 6:23
2PT R. Gobert
93 - 97 7:06
91 - 97 7:30
C. Braun 2PT
2PT R. Gobert
91 - 95 7:46
89 - 95 8:15
A. Gordon 2PT
3PT A. Edwards
89 - 93 8:32
3PT A. Dosunmu
86 - 93 8:58
83 - 93 10:40
J. Murray 2PT
2PT R. Gobert
83 - 91 10:58
2PT J. Randle
81 - 91 11:31
Q3 17 - 29 79 - 91
79 - 91 0:04
N. Jokić 2PT
3PT M. Conley
79 - 89 0:43
2PT A. Edwards
76 - 89 1:16
74 - 89 1:38
N. Jokić 2PT
74 - 87 1:58
N. Jokić 2PT
FT A. Edwards
74 - 85 2:10
FT A. Edwards
73 - 85 2:10
2PT J. McDaniels
72 - 85 3:15
70 - 85 3:35
J. Murray 2PT
70 - 83 3:53
J. Murray FT
2PT J. McDaniels
70 - 82 3:56
68 - 82 4:15
A. Gordon 2PT
68 - 80 4:44
J. Murray FT
68 - 79 4:44
J. Murray 2PT
68 - 77 6:17
J. Murray FT
68 - 76 6:17
J. Murray FT
68 - 75 6:48
A. Gordon 3PT
68 - 72 7:07
N. Jokić 2PT
68 - 70 7:32
A. Gordon 2PT
3PT D. DiVincenzo
68 - 68 8:15
2PT J. Randle
65 - 68 8:35
FT R. Gobert
63 - 68 9:54
62 - 68 10:04
N. Jokić 2PT
62 - 66 10:38
J. Murray 2PT
62 - 64 11:42
N. Jokić 2PT
Q2 29 - 39 62 - 62
2PT R. Gobert
62 - 62 0:06
60 - 62 0:22
C. Braun 3PT
3PT D. DiVincenzo
60 - 59 0:35
57 - 59 0:53
J. Murray FT
57 - 58 0:53
J. Murray FT
2PT J. McDaniels
57 - 57 1:10
55 - 57 1:32
J. Murray 2PT
2PT R. Gobert
55 - 55 1:44
53 - 55 1:54
J. Murray FT
53 - 54 1:54
J. Murray FT
53 - 53 2:17
S. Jones 3PT
2PT J. Randle
53 - 50 2:37
2PT A. Edwards
51 - 50 3:59
49 - 50 4:13
N. Jokić 3PT
FT A. Edwards
49 - 47 4:24
FT A. Edwards
48 - 47 4:24
47 - 47 4:41
S. Jones FT
47 - 47 4:41
S. Jones FT
47 - 45 5:23
C. Johnson 3PT
47 - 42 5:53
C. Johnson 2PT
FT J. Randle
47 - 40 6:05
FT J. Randle
46 - 40 6:05
2PT A. Edwards
45 - 40 6:27
43 - 40 7:09
J. Murray FT
43 - 39 7:09
J. Murray FT
43 - 38 7:43
J. Murray FT
43 - 37 7:43
J. Murray FT
3PT A. Dosunmu
43 - 36 8:01
40 - 36 8:16
J. Murray 2PT
2PT R. Gobert
40 - 34 8:29
38 - 34 8:42
B. Brown FT
38 - 33 8:42
B. Brown 2PT
38 - 31 9:24
J. Murray 2PT
2PT R. Gobert
38 - 29 9:44
36 - 29 10:34
T. Hardaway Jr. 3PT
3PT N. Reid
36 - 26 10:56
33 - 26 11:45
B. Brown 3PT
Q1 33 - 23 33 - 23
2PT A. Dosunmu
33 - 23 0:54
FT A. Dosunmu
31 - 23 1:32
30 - 23 2:02
A. Gordon FT
3PT A. Dosunmu
30 - 22 2:39
27 - 22 3:00
T. Hardaway Jr. 2PT
27 - 20 3:41
C. Braun 2PT
27 - 18 4:05
C. Braun 3PT
2PT N. Reid
27 - 15 4:26
2PT R. Gobert
25 - 15 4:45
23 - 15 5:01
N. Jokić 3PT
2PT A. Edwards
23 - 12 5:40
3PT A. Edwards
21 - 12 6:28
2PT J. McDaniels
18 - 12 6:55
2PT J. McDaniels
16 - 12 7:07
14 - 12 7:20
A. Gordon FT
14 - 11 7:20
A. Gordon FT
FT J. McDaniels
14 - 10 8:19
FT J. McDaniels
13 - 10 8:19
12 - 10 8:39
C. Johnson 3PT
2PT J. Randle
12 - 7 8:54
10 - 7 9:15
J. Murray FT
10 - 6 9:15
J. Murray FT
10 - 5 9:15
J. Murray FT
2PT J. McDaniels
10 - 4 9:26
FT J. McDaniels
8 - 4 9:55
FT J. McDaniels
7 - 4 9:55
3PT D. DiVincenzo
6 - 4 10:33
3 - 4 10:44
C. Johnson 2PT
3PT D. DiVincenzo
3 - 2 11:13
0 - 2 11:25
A. Gordon FT
0 - 1 11:25
A. Gordon FT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 7 Biggest Lead: DEN +15 Times Tied: 7
Head-to-Head
Series tied 1-1
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 18, 2026
Time
7:30 pm
Duration
48 min