Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game 6 Final Score: Timberwolves Win 110-98, Take Series 4-2

Updated Oct 7, 2026, 6:05 AM ET

NBA Playoffs · Western conference first round

Denver NuggetsNuggets

Playoffs 2-4 · Away

98–110

Final

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolves

Playoffs 4-2 · Home

2026 West First Round · Timberwolves win 4-2

Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game 6 final: the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 110-98 on April 30, 2026 at Target Center. The Minnesota Timberwolves win the series 4-2 and advance to the Conference Semifinals.

Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game Info

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Tip-off: 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT
TV / Stream: Local: DAZN (Timberwolves)
Arena: Target Center, Minneapolis
Season: 2025-26 NBA Season

Score by Quarter

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
Nuggets	30	20	24	24	98
Timberwolves	29	28	25	28	110

Nuggets vs Timberwolves Recap

The Timberwolves win the series 4-2.

Jaden McDaniels led the Timberwolves with 32 points. Nikola Jokić led the Nuggets with 28 points and 9 rebounds and 10 assists.

The Timberwolves did the damage in the 2nd quarter, winning that period by 8.

Top Performers

Nuggets

Timberwolves

Team Stats

Nuggets	Stat	Timberwolves
34-75	Field Goals	43-94
45.3%	FG %	45.7%
10-27	3-Pointers	7-29
37.0%	3P %	24.1%
20-25	Free Throws	17-24
80.0%	FT %	70.8%
33	Rebounds	50
6	Off. Rebounds	19
24	Assists	26
4	Steals	8
8	Blocks	3
13	Turnovers	7
26	Fouls	21
5	Biggest Lead	12

Four Factors

Team	Effective FG%	Turnover %	Off. rebound %	FT rate (FTM/FGA)
Nuggets	52.0%	13.1%	16.2%	0.267
Timberwolves	49.5%	6.3%	41.3%	0.181

Dean Oliver's four factors decide most games: shooting, turnovers, offensive rebounding and free throws. Better side highlighted.

Nuggets vs Timberwolves Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Christian Braun G	27	3	1	0	0	3	1	1-4	1-4	0-0	-9
Nikola Jokić C	43	28	9	10	0	1	4	11-19	1-5	5-6	-9
Cameron Johnson F	39	27	8	3	0	1	2	8-15	5-10	6-9	-3
Jamal Murray G	40	12	6	4	0	1	0	4-17	0-2	4-4	-18
Spencer Jones F	35	8	2	1	0	1	1	3-4	2-3	0-0	-9
Bench
Zeke Nnaji FC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Jonas Valanciunas C	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Bruce Brown GF	14	1	1	1	2	0	3	0-2	0-1	1-2	-5
Tyus Jones G	12	4	0	3	1	0	0	2-4	0-0	0-0	+5
Tim Hardaway Jr. GF	20	13	4	2	1	1	1	4-7	1-2	4-4	-5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Mike Conley G	26	7	6	3	1	0	1	3-7	1-4	0-0	-1
Julius Randle FC	37	18	4	5	1	0	4	6-17	2-5	4-6	+15
Jaden McDaniels F	44	32	10	3	2	1	0	13-25	1-4	5-6	+16
Rudy Gobert C	41	10	13	8	1	2	0	4-6	0-0	2-4	+11
Terrence Shannon Jr. G	34	24	6	1	2	0	0	9-20	1-7	5-5	+7
Bench
Jaylen Clark G	12	3	2	1	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-3
Bones Hyland G	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-3	1-2	+4
Naz Reid CF	33	15	7	4	1	0	2	7-13	1-3	0-1	+11

Game Flow

Timberwolves leadNuggets lead

Lead changes: 9
Times tied: 6
Timberwolves largest lead: 12
Nuggets largest lead: 5

Play-by-Play

Scoring plays, newest first. Score shown Nuggets-Timberwolves.

1st Quarter 32 scoring plays

0:18NuggetsCameron Johnson +130-29
0:36NuggetsCameron Johnson +129-29
0:36NuggetsCameron Johnson +228-29
1:04TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +126-29
1:04TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +126-28
1:19NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +226-27
1:43NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +124-27
1:43NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +123-27
1:43NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +122-27
2:01TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +321-27
2:17NuggetsCameron Johnson +321-24
2:34TimberwolvesNaz Reid +218-24
2:46NuggetsJamal Murray +218-22
3:01TimberwolvesBones Hyland +116-22
3:25TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +216-21
3:45NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +316-19
4:01TimberwolvesNaz Reid +213-19
4:26TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +213-17
4:57NuggetsCameron Johnson +213-15
5:07TimberwolvesMike Conley +211-15
5:35NuggetsJamal Murray +211-13
6:58NuggetsCameron Johnson +29-13
7:20TimberwolvesJulius Randle +37-13
7:48TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +27-10
8:04TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +27-8
8:19TimberwolvesJulius Randle +27-6
8:47TimberwolvesJulius Randle +27-4
9:00NuggetsChristian Braun +37-2
9:15TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +14-2
9:15TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +14-1
10:45NuggetsNikola Jokić +24-0
11:17NuggetsNikola Jokić +22-0

2nd Quarter 24 scoring plays

0:58TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +250-57
1:05NuggetsCameron Johnson +150-55
1:19TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +149-55
1:19TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +149-54
1:34NuggetsCameron Johnson +349-53
2:16NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +246-53
2:42TimberwolvesJulius Randle +344-53
3:05NuggetsNikola Jokić +244-50
3:16TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +242-50
3:58TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +242-48
4:25TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +242-46
5:28TimberwolvesNaz Reid +242-44
6:04TimberwolvesJulius Randle +142-42
6:04TimberwolvesJulius Randle +142-41
6:12NuggetsNikola Jokić +342-40
7:50TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +239-40
8:06NuggetsJamal Murray +239-38
9:14TimberwolvesMike Conley +237-38
10:07NuggetsSpencer Jones +337-36
10:21TimberwolvesNaz Reid +234-36
11:00TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +234-34
11:11NuggetsTyus Jones +234-32
11:28TimberwolvesJaylen Clark +332-32
11:47NuggetsJonas Valanciunas +232-29

3rd Quarter 27 scoring plays

0:07TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +274-82
1:24TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +274-80
1:46NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +274-78
2:13TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +272-78
2:54TimberwolvesNaz Reid +272-76
3:12NuggetsNikola Jokić +272-74
3:22TimberwolvesNaz Reid +270-74
3:37NuggetsBruce Brown +170-72
4:00TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +169-72
4:00TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +269-71
4:55NuggetsNikola Jokić +169-69
4:55NuggetsNikola Jokić +168-69
5:07TimberwolvesJulius Randle +267-69
5:36NuggetsNikola Jokić +267-67
7:11NuggetsCameron Johnson +365-67
7:43NuggetsNikola Jokić +262-67
8:07TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +260-67
8:23TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +260-65
8:38NuggetsNikola Jokić +160-63
8:38NuggetsNikola Jokić +159-63
8:50TimberwolvesMike Conley +358-63
9:15NuggetsSpencer Jones +258-60
9:44TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +256-60
9:58NuggetsJamal Murray +256-58
10:20TimberwolvesJulius Randle +154-58
10:41NuggetsNikola Jokić +254-57
11:44NuggetsNikola Jokić +252-57

4th Quarter 31 scoring plays

0:26TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +198-110
0:26TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +198-109
0:56TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +198-108
0:56TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +198-107
0:58TimberwolvesJulius Randle +198-106
1:07TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +298-105
1:27NuggetsCameron Johnson +198-103
1:43TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +197-103
1:43TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +297-102
2:03NuggetsJamal Murray +197-100
2:03NuggetsJamal Murray +196-100
3:20TimberwolvesJulius Randle +295-100
4:50NuggetsJamal Murray +195-98
4:50NuggetsJamal Murray +194-98
5:05NuggetsCameron Johnson +393-98
5:26TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +290-98
5:42NuggetsCameron Johnson +190-96
5:42NuggetsCameron Johnson +189-96
5:53TimberwolvesTerrence Shannon Jr. +388-96
6:38TimberwolvesRudy Gobert +288-93
7:28NuggetsNikola Jokić +188-91
7:46TimberwolvesNaz Reid +387-91
8:05NuggetsNikola Jokić +287-88
8:25TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +285-88
8:45NuggetsNikola Jokić +285-86
9:27NuggetsTyus Jones +283-86
9:47NuggetsTim Hardaway Jr. +181-86
10:02TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +280-86
10:26NuggetsCameron Johnson +380-84
10:51TimberwolvesJaden McDaniels +277-84
11:30NuggetsSpencer Jones +377-82

Next for the Timberwolves

West Conference Semifinals: Spurs vs Timberwolves · Spurs win 4-2

Spurs vs Timberwolves series ›

Nuggets vs Timberwolves: Series So Far

Game	Date	Matchup	Result	Top scorer
Game 1	Apr 18	Timberwolves @ Nuggets	Nuggets 116-105	Jamal Murray 30
Game 2	Apr 20	Timberwolves @ Nuggets	Timberwolves 119-114	Jamal Murray 30
Game 3	Apr 23	Nuggets @ Timberwolves	Timberwolves 113-96	Nikola Jokić 27
Game 4	Apr 25	Nuggets @ Timberwolves	Timberwolves 112-96	Ayo Dosunmu 43
Game 5	Apr 27	Timberwolves @ Nuggets	Nuggets 125-113	Julius Randle 27
Game 6	Apr 30	Nuggets @ Timberwolves	Timberwolves 110-98	Jaden McDaniels 32

Full series page ›

Series Leaders

Nuggets

Nikola Jokić6 GP25.8PTS13.2REB9.5AST
Jamal Murray6 GP23.7PTS5.0REB5.7AST
Cameron Johnson6 GP14.2PTS3.2REB2.3AST

Timberwolves

Ayo Dosunmu5 GP21.8PTS2.8REB4.0AST
Julius Randle6 GP19.2PTS7.3REB4.2AST
Anthony Edwards4 GP18.5PTS6.8REB3.0AST

Per-game averages in this series, top three scorers per team.

More NBA Games on Apr 30, 2026

New York Knicks140
Atlanta Hawks89
FinalBox score ›
Boston Celtics93
Philadelphia 76ers106
FinalBox score ›

That covers Nuggets vs Timberwolves: score, leaders and box score above. Next: Nuggets host the Timberwolves May 2; Timberwolves visit the Nuggets May 2.

Nuggets vs Timberwolves FAQs

Who won Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game 6?

The Minnesota Timberwolves won 110-98 on April 30, 2026. The Minnesota Timberwolves win the series 4-2 and advance to the Conference Semifinals.

What is the Nuggets vs Timberwolves series score?

Timberwolves win 4-2 in the 2026 West First Round.

Who was the top scorer in Nuggets vs Timberwolves?

Nikola Jokić scored 28 for the Nuggets. Jaden McDaniels scored 32 for the Timberwolves.