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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**35**|**35**|**17**|**28**|**115**|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|**28**|**27**|**29**|**28**|**112**|[](/MIN)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**42-81 (51.9)**|**14-27 (51.9)**|**17-22 (77.3)**|**11**|**49**|**26**|**17**|**5**|**1**|**19**|**115**|
[](/MIN)**MIN**|**42-88 (47.7)**|**12-35 (34.3)**|**16-23 (69.6)**|**8**|**37**|**25**|**7**|**10**|**7**|**16**|**112**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|31:34|9-15 (60.0)|4-7 (57.1)|4-5 (80.0)|1|4|1|3|0|0|2|26|+8|
A. Gordon^^PF|32:22|5-10 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|4-5 (80.0)|7|11|2|4|0|0|1|14|-14|
N. Jokic^^C|37:40|14-22 (63.6)|3-4 (75.0)|4-6 (66.7)|1|16|2|3|0|0|3|35|+8|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|37:40|3-6 (50.0)|2-4 (50.0)|1-1 (100.0)|1|2|1|1|2|1|1|9|+8|
J. Murray^^PG|32:14|6-14 (42.9)|2-3 (66.7)|4-4 (100.0)|1|4|11|2|2|0|3|18|-11|
R. Jackson|16:43|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|3|6|2|1|0|1|2|+17|
C. Braun|17:38|1-4 (25.0)|1-3 (33.3)|0-0 (0.0)|0|4|0|1|0|0|1|3|-6|
P. Watson|16:26|1-4 (25.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0|3|0|1|0|0|4|2|-5|
J. Holiday|17:43|2-3 (66.7)|2-3 (66.7)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|0|0|0|3|6|+10|
**Totals**||**42-81 (51.9)**|**14-27 (51.9)**|**17-22 (77.3)**|**11**|**49**|**26**|**17**|**5**|**1**|**19**|**115**||
**DNP:** ***Jay Huff***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Jalen Pickett***, ***Julian Strawther***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***Zeke Nnaji***
**[](/MIN)MIN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
N. Alexander-Walker^^SF|36:30|2-7 (28.6)|0-4 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|2|3|0|0|1|1|4|-2|
J. McDaniels^^PF|37:38|9-13 (69.2)|4-6 (66.7)|4-7 (57.1)|0|6|0|1|1|2|5|26|0|
K. Anderson^^C|25:36|5-9 (55.6)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|4|0|1|2|3|12|0|
A. Edwards^^SG|37:40|13-26 (50.0)|3-8 (37.5)|1-2 (50.0)|1|8|8|3|2|0|1|30|-8|
M. Conley^^PG|29:21|3-7 (42.9)|1-4 (25.0)|6-6 (100.0)|2|6|5|2|1|0|5|13|+10|
L. Garza|22:24|4-11 (36.4)|2-8 (25.0)|1-2 (50.0)|3|6|0|0|2|1|1|11|-3|
M. Morris|22:48|3-6 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|0|1|2|0|3|0|0|8|-7|
T. Warren|9:25|2-5 (40.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|2|0|0|0|1|0|6|0|
J. McLaughlin|18:38|1-4 (25.0)|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1|3|3|1|0|0|0|2|-5|
**Totals**||**42-88 (47.7)**|**12-35 (34.3)**|**16-23 (69.6)**|**8**|**37**|**25**|**7**|**10**|**7**|**16**|**112**||
**DNP:** ***Rudy Gobert***, ***Leonard Miller***, ***Josh Minott***, ***Wendell Moore Jr.***, ***Daishen Nix***
**Inactive:** ***Jaylen Clark***, ***Naz Reid***, ***Karl-Anthony Towns***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|52|19|15|18|13|17|14|[](/DEN)|
**MIN**|48|14|9|4|27|7|28|[](/MIN)|
**Lead Changes: 6** | **Times Tied: 2** | **Gametime: 2:12** | **Attendance: 18024**
*Officials: Josh Tiven, Dedric Taylor, Ray Acosta*
by BigHoneyBot
34 Comments
The Suns, Mavericks, and tonight in the second half the Timberwolves were all beating the shit out of Jokic and it seems to be working. It’s taking him out of his game and the entire offense bogs down. Hopefully just an energy thing this late in the season. I’m sure he’ll figure it out.
Murray has been rough these last two games also.
wolves fans are PISSED lmao, insecure ass babies
If zeke was playing this wouldn’t have been as close of a game
Mike back to 2021 form which is all I wanted for him. If he stays injury free with his 2021 self he’s untradeable
Smellicans only half-game back of the #4 spot.
I am very confident Malone will drop dead right on the court if the next game is like how the last two were.
MPJ won us that clutch game
Anyone complaining about tonight is not serious
The dichotomy between like Kings and Thunder fans who are just happy their team is decent to good again and Twolves fans who actually think their team are contenders and talk shit is crazy
Wolves fan living in Fort Collins. That was so fun and we almost had y’all. Please let us finish top two so we can face off in the WCF.
11 westbrook assists for our all-nba tryhard lmao
Now is the time for MPJ to assert himself as the number 2 option. I love mal, but come on man! Pass the rock. AG needs to start bodying motherfuckers up.
well at least my headache is gone now that i got some oxygen back
Moach does not seem pissed. He was way more pissed after the Jazz game
Nuggets back in their 2020~2022 form with the 3rd quarter meltdowns. A dub is still a dub.
MPJ stepped up big time in the 4th. Credit to him for the win
God I love edging some wolves
The Timberwolves really found something
mpj gets overshadowed by jamal/jokic in the clutch (fairly) but he has always played pretty well in the high pressure moments
just once id like to see him get a chance to shoot the game winning walk off shot
Lots of unironic “moral victory” comments on r/nba
You’d think they won by 50 the way people are talking
13 games remaining. Let’s update ‘dem Magic Numbers.
Play In – Clinched
Playoffs – 6
4 Seed – 9
2 Seed -13
1 Seed – 15
AG with 14 points on 50% shooting and 11 boards including 7 OREB but was -14 playing against a smaller team.
When is a good time to track the standings because OKC keep playing bum teams
Jesus what the hell was that? They were NOT playing nuggets basketball that second half. Murray was playing too much goddamn iso, our bench played horribly, and no one was moving!! Everyone was just standing around! I’ll take a win and I am appreciative of jokic and Porter taking the game over towards the end of the 4th quarter, but man we can’t win when we play like that!
Glad the Nuggets were able to pull out the Ryan Saunders revenge game!
I loved Ant celebrating in the 3rd like he got a buzzer beater and then completely disappearing from then on
A win is a win, no matter how ugly.
Playoff positioning is all that matters.
Lmao. Wolves have gone full morale victories in the nba sub. “Not happy with a loss, but…”
“Lets see what happens in next matchup.” Lmfaoooo
Gimme Wolves in playoffs
Got ice cream, a cookie, chocolate milk, and a sleepy time tea, time to relax
People are so concerned about standings and our seed but won’t stop bitching about a W. Get a fucking grip being annoying isn’t a take it’s pathetic.
Gonna watch Event Horizon to remind myself that things could be worse than barely winning a game in mid March
Bad AG and Jamal game balanced out by an amazing MPJ 4th quarter. I’d say Jokic did good too but he honestly should’ve had 60 points tonight on a center-less wolves, especially with the 3/4 3pt. The ball not running through Jokic for like 10 minutes of the 3rd “almost” lost the game and it’s both Jamal and Jokic’s fault. This reliance on beating teams within the last few minutes of the 4th quarter shit is the definition of insanity. Most of the season you could solely blame the bench but lately it’s been the starters too. Like yeah, you can’t complain because you only have 2 close losses after all-star break but the team rarely blows anyone out and it’s weird when you want rest for the starters before playoffs. Onto the next, gotta beat those damn Knicks.
Wolves fans are just happy the game was close. And to show how happy and well-adjusted they are, they’re here to tell us
This sub is a trip. A small sampling: Wolves announcers are ass, Ant is not very good and plays no D (good athlete with no game), game was never in doubt, Nuggets win easy with Zeke Nnaji (overlooking somehow Wolves were down Naz, KAT and Gobert), Wolves fans are pissed (they are not), Wolves are no threat and on and on and on.
This sub is either all 13 year olds or y’all are smoking that good weed tonight. Hope to see a full-strength Wolves-Nuggets matchup in the playoffs, would be a fun series no doubt. All respect to the Nuggets, they are a great team.