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|[](/MIN) **106 – 99** [](/DEN)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/MIN-vs-DEN-0042300231/box-score) – [Yahoo](https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/scoreboard/)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Ball Arena (19915), **Clock:** Final|
|**Officials:** James Capers, Courtney Kirkland, and Dedric Taylor|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|23|17|33|33|106|
|Denver Nuggets|25|19|27|28|99|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Minnesota Timberwolves|106|43-82|52.4%|11-27|40.7%|9-12|75.0%|7|47|24|20|4|14|6|
|Denver Nuggets|99|35-75|46.7%|13-31|41.9%|16-20|80.0%|3|39|24|18|12|12|2|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/MIN) Minnesota Timberwolves**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Jaden McDaniels^SF|39:08|0|0-7|0-2|0-0|3|5|8|1|0|1|1|1|14|
|Karl-Anthony Towns^PF|30:49|20|8-13|2-4|2-4|0|4|4|3|0|0|1|5|6|
|Rudy Gobert^C|35:17|6|3-6|0-0|0-0|1|12|13|3|1|3|0|4|12|
|Anthony Edwards^SG|42:14|43|17-29|3-7|6-6|2|5|7|3|1|2|1|1|10|
|Mike Conley^PG|31:06|14|5-8|3-4|1-1|0|4|4|10|1|0|4|3|20|
|Nickeil Alexander-Walker|22:40|5|2-6|1-5|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|3|2|-16|
|Naz Reid|23:07|16|7-11|2-4|0-1|1|3|4|3|1|0|3|0|-7|
|Kyle Anderson|12:14|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|2|2|1|0|0|1|4|-9|
|Monte Morris|03:24|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|5|
|Luka Garza|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jordan McLaughlin|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Leonard Miller|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Josh Minott|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Wendell Moore Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|T.J. Warren|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/DEN) Denver Nuggets**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**±**|
|Michael Porter Jr.^SF|40:05|20|6-13|4-7|4-6|0|6|6|1|3|1|2|1|-9|
|Aaron Gordon^PF|32:33|9|4-6|0-1|1-3|1|2|3|6|2|0|1|4|-23|
|Nikola Jokic^C|40:55|32|11-25|2-9|8-8|1|7|8|9|3|0|7|4|-12|
|Kentavious Caldwell-Pope^SG|37:26|6|2-4|2-4|0-0|0|2|2|3|2|1|1|2|-9|
|Jamal Murray^PG|34:17|17|6-14|2-4|3-3|0|1|1|4|0|0|1|4|-22|
|Reggie Jackson|13:43|5|2-3|1-1|0-0|1|2|3|1|1|0|0|1|15|
|Justin Holiday|16:29|3|1-3|1-3|0-0|0|5|5|0|1|0|0|0|19|
|Christian Braun|19:00|7|3-5|1-1|0-0|0|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|4|
|Peyton Watson|05:30|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|4|4|0|0|0|0|2|2|
|DeAndre Jordan|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Zeke Nnaji|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jalen Pickett|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Julian Strawther|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Hunter Tyson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Vlatko Cancar|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
by edgykitty
42 Comments
Gobert is an unbelievable defender. He completely took away the Jokic-Gordon action.
Naz Reid going on a heater scoring 14 points in the 4th quarter to help steal game 1 is absolutely wild. What a spectacular season for him.
I can’t believe I thought experience would be an issue for the wolves. Ant is different
I know we shouldn’t be surprised given why they just did to Phoenix but man did this feel like a statement game from Minnesota.
Open up this series with a big time win vs a Denver team that has looked unstoppable the last two years.
This is going to be a ridiculously fun series.
ive seen enough, drake isnt the only one hiding a kid
What’s a champ to an Ant?
Jamal Murray takeover: I sleep
Naz Reid takeover to steal homecourt: Real Shit
and fuck ‘em refs
Anthony Edwards was the best player of the floor when sharing it with Jokic. Wolves up 1-0 in the series.
This is the next generation of basketball. Like Charles Barkley said “them young boys coming”
NAZ FUCKING “Big Jelly” REID
This series is obviously far from over. But, for the wolves to come out swinging on the road, and take the lead in Denver is a statement. Edwards was the best player on the floor, Naz Reid was great, and Jokic struggled offensively relative to his usual standards. The rest of this series is going to be outstanding.
Nuggets Dynasty is no longer loading as quickly.
WTF was this game! It was like watching a finals game. Ant is a beast jfc.
Its pretty special that both me and my dad got to watch Michael Jordan play in his prime
NAZ REID
Is this the Anthony Edwards Era?
#WHO WILL BE THE NEXT FACE OF THE LEAGUE?
…AND WHY IS IT ANTHONY EDWARDS?
The game is in good hands. Ant is fucking legit.
SEND DA W
can somebody kindly point me in the right direction for the post game referee discussion thread?
Anthony Edwards
Story of the game:
– AntHIMy Edwards
– Rudy Make Your Offense Gobrrr
– Naz “Naz Reid” Reid
We are so fucking lucky that we’re witnessing Anthony Edwards’ rise to stardom just as Lebron’s career is about to be over
#IMAGINE HAVING A COACH WITH 2 KNEES
motherfuckin awoo
https://streamable.com/2d2jsw
Ant is a superstar. Holy fuck. Best player on the floor that had a two time, likely three time, MVP.
RUDY GOBERT
I’m just here to shit on the Gobert trade. Timely?
This team is so damn frustrating, we look like we don’t care while Ant cooks us all night. If we keep playing like this we have no shot of beating the Wolves. They have that dawg in them, GG.
Denver did you just let Ant get a full court dagger layup? lmao
Preface: only game 1, but Minnesota is looking really strong. Gobert played tremendous defense all game. Jokic still got his but had to work hard. Gobert pretty much shut down anyone else that came at him
Naz Reid incredible 14 pt 4th quarter with KAT in foul trouble.
Ant-Man is incredibly composed and the most electric player to watch. Has a great sense to take over the game when it gets nervy down the stretch
Denver needs to wake tf up to start these games. Was fine last round but won’t fly against Minnesota
League is Ants
I’ve seen enough. The wolves are winning the title.
this team is something else, i can’t believe it.
This series is gonna be awesome.
Does Anthony Edwards surpass Kevin Garnett, Kevin Love and Andrew Wiggins in the all time Timberwolves standings if he wins them a ring?
NEW ERA CONFIRMED
Anthony Edwards is the future
The Timberwolves are a defensive juggernaut
Rudy Gobert DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
NAZ REID
Hmmm, so the key to beating the Nuggets is having a generational star, a 4x DPOY, & Naz Reid. I’ll text Pelinka rn
It’s simple, Minnesota has decent answers for our best players. We have no answers for theirs. Minnesota is just as talented and has the matchup advantage
Man what can i say?
Naz Reid
22
He’s 22 years old
MJ didn’t make the playoffs until 22
He won 1 game that year.
Then got swept.
Then got swept.
Then at Twenty Five won his first series, taking it to a full (at the time) 5 games to beat Cleveland before being gentleman’s swept by Detroit next round.
He didn’t win a chip until he was 28 years old
Ant is 22
Naz Reid