Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves — Apr 26, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Target Center, Minneapolis·April 26, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 55-31, 26-17 Away
96
Final
112
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 52-34, 28-15 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 23 31 24 18 96
MIN 22 28 32 30 112
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Murray G DEN
30 PTS
A.
A. Dosunmu G MIN
43 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
15 REB
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
15 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
9 AST
B.
B. Hyland G MIN
7 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
37.9% Field Goals 43.8%
21.4% 3-Point FG 36%
85.7% Free Throws 96.2%
38 Rebounds 50
12 OFF 16
26 DEF 34
21 Assists 22
7 Steals 6
7 Blocks 5
10 Turnovers 12
22 Fouls 22
7 Biggest Lead 16
21:13 Time in Lead 22:49
8 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
41.4% eFG% 48.9%
9.1% TOV% 10.7%
26.1% ORB% 38.1%
27.6% FT Rate 28.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 18 - 30 96 - 112
96 - 112 0:03
J. McDaniels 2PT
96 - 110 0:18
A. Dosunmu FT
96 - 109 0:18
A. Dosunmu FT
FT N. Jokić
96 - 108 0:28
FT N. Jokić
95 - 108 0:28
94 - 108 0:33
A. Dosunmu FT
94 - 107 0:33
A. Dosunmu FT
94 - 106 1:02
J. McDaniels FT
94 - 105 1:02
J. McDaniels FT
FT N. Jokić
94 - 104 1:22
FT N. Jokić
93 - 104 1:22
92 - 104 1:30
A. Dosunmu 3PT
92 - 101 2:34
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT J. Murray
92 - 99 3:59
3PT J. Murray
90 - 99 5:35
FT C. Braun
87 - 99 6:03
86 - 99 6:29
A. Dosunmu 2PT
FT C. Braun
86 - 97 6:48
FT C. Braun
85 - 97 6:48
84 - 97 7:14
R. Gobert 2PT
FT J. Murray
84 - 95 7:40
FT J. Murray
83 - 95 7:40
82 - 95 7:53
A. Dosunmu 2PT
82 - 93 8:28
M. Conley 3PT
82 - 90 9:16
A. Dosunmu 2PT
82 - 88 9:34
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT J. Murray
82 - 86 10:01
80 - 86 10:22
J. McDaniels FT
80 - 85 10:22
J. McDaniels FT
FT J. Murray
80 - 84 11:06
FT J. Murray
79 - 84 11:06
78 - 84 11:26
N. Reid 2PT
Q3 24 - 32 78 - 82
78 - 82 0:08
A. Dosunmu FT
78 - 81 0:08
A. Dosunmu FT
FT C. Johnson
78 - 80 0:28
FT C. Johnson
77 - 80 0:28
76 - 80 1:12
J. Randle 2PT
76 - 78 1:33
N. Reid 2PT
76 - 76 2:02
N. Reid FT
76 - 75 2:02
N. Reid FT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
76 - 74 2:09
75 - 74 3:09
J. Randle 2PT
FT N. Jokić
75 - 72 4:02
FT N. Jokić
74 - 72 4:02
73 - 72 4:34
A. Dosunmu 2PT
73 - 70 4:48
B. Hyland 2PT
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
73 - 68 5:36
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
72 - 68 5:36
71 - 68 5:48
A. Dosunmu 3PT
FT N. Jokić
71 - 65 6:03
FT N. Jokić
70 - 65 6:03
3PT J. Murray
69 - 65 6:25
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
66 - 65 6:48
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
65 - 65 6:48
63 - 65 8:06
J. Randle FT
63 - 64 8:06
J. Randle FT
63 - 63 8:31
A. Dosunmu 3PT
63 - 60 9:02
A. Dosunmu FT
63 - 59 9:02
A. Dosunmu FT
63 - 58 9:26
J. Randle 2PT
2PT J. Murray
63 - 56 9:39
61 - 56 9:50
J. Randle 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
61 - 54 10:05
59 - 54 10:23
M. Conley 2PT
2PT A. Gordon
59 - 52 10:35
57 - 52 11:18
J. Randle 2PT
FT J. Murray
57 - 50 11:28
2PT C. Johnson
56 - 50 11:29
Q2 31 - 28 54 - 50
3PT C. Johnson
54 - 50 0:04
51 - 50 0:27
B. Hyland 2PT
2PT A. Gordon
51 - 48 0:34
49 - 48 0:43
N. Reid 2PT
49 - 46 1:21
T. Shannon 3PT
3PT A. Gordon
49 - 43 1:44
46 - 43 1:56
B. Hyland FT
46 - 42 1:56
B. Hyland FT
2PT J. Murray
46 - 41 2:05
44 - 41 2:21
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
44 - 39 2:43
42 - 39 3:20
N. Reid 2PT
2PT C. Braun
42 - 37 3:40
40 - 37 4:03
A. Edwards FT
40 - 36 4:03
A. Edwards FT
2PT N. Jokić
40 - 35 4:20
38 - 35 5:02
A. Dosunmu FT
38 - 34 5:02
A. Dosunmu FT
2PT B. Brown
38 - 33 6:09
2PT B. Brown
36 - 33 6:27
34 - 33 6:43
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
34 - 31 7:02
32 - 31 7:19
A. Dosunmu FT
32 - 30 7:19
A. Dosunmu FT
2PT J. Murray
32 - 29 7:31
30 - 29 8:30
A. Dosunmu 2PT
2PT J. Murray
30 - 27 8:49
28 - 27 9:27
N. Reid 2PT
3PT J. Murray
28 - 25 9:50
2PT A. Gordon
25 - 25 10:39
23 - 25 10:58
N. Reid 3PT
Q1 23 - 22 23 - 22
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
23 - 22 0:39
21 - 22 1:19
N. Reid 2PT
21 - 20 1:45
B. Hyland 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
21 - 18 2:13
2PT B. Brown
19 - 18 2:32
17 - 18 2:52
A. Dosunmu 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
17 - 15 3:07
3PT C. Braun
15 - 15 4:39
12 - 15 4:55
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT J. Murray
12 - 13 5:28
FT J. Murray
11 - 13 5:28
10 - 13 5:41
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
10 - 11 5:57
8 - 11 6:22
A. Dosunmu 3PT
2PT J. Murray
8 - 8 6:47
6 - 8 7:03
J. Randle FT
2PT N. Jokić
6 - 7 7:59
4 - 7 8:18
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
4 - 5 8:34
2PT N. Jokić
2 - 5 9:42
0 - 5 11:08
A. Edwards 3PT
0 - 2 11:43
J. Randle 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 5 Biggest Lead: MIN +16 Times Tied: 6
Head-to-Head
Timberwolves leads 3-2
Final
DEN Nuggets
11282928
96
MIN Timberwolves
25362725
113
Final
DEN Nuggets
29263236
123
MIN Timberwolves
31292626
112
Final
DEN Nuggets
34234525
127
MIN Timberwolves
30352920
114
Final
DEN Nuggets
31293113
104
MIN Timberwolves
40313824
133
Final
DEN Nuggets
29322431
116
MIN Timberwolves
33312728
119
Target Center
Minneapolis, US · 19,356 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
April 26, 2026
Time
12:30 am
Duration
48 min