Denver Nuggets @ Minnesota Timberwolves — May 1, 2026

NBA·Western conference first round Target Center, Minneapolis·May 1, 2026
Denver Nuggets DEN 56-32, 26-18 Away
98
Final
110
Minnesota Timberwolves MIN 53-35, 29-15 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DEN 30 20 24 24 98
MIN 29 28 25 28 110
Leaders
Points
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
28 PTS
J.
J. McDaniels F MIN
32 PTS
Rebounds
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
9 REB
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
13 REB
Assists
N.
N. Jokić C DEN
10 AST
R.
R. Gobert C MIN
8 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
45.3% Field Goals 45.7%
37% 3-Point FG 24.1%
80% Free Throws 70.8%
33 Rebounds 50
6 OFF 19
27 DEF 31
24 Assists 26
4 Steals 8
8 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 7
26 Fouls 21
5 Biggest Lead 12
5:30 Time in Lead 38:32
7 Max Pts in Row 11
Four Factors
52% eFG% 49.5%
13.1% TOV% 6.3%
16.2% ORB% 41.3%
26.7% FT Rate 18.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 24 - 28 98 - 110
98 - 110 0:26
J. McDaniels FT
98 - 109 0:26
J. McDaniels FT
98 - 108 0:56
R. Gobert FT
98 - 107 0:56
R. Gobert FT
98 - 106 0:58
J. Randle FT
98 - 105 1:07
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT C. Johnson
98 - 103 1:27
97 - 103 1:43
T. Shannon Jr. FT
97 - 102 1:43
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT J. Murray
97 - 100 2:03
FT J. Murray
96 - 100 2:03
95 - 100 3:20
J. Randle 2PT
FT J. Murray
95 - 98 4:50
FT J. Murray
94 - 98 4:50
3PT C. Johnson
93 - 98 5:05
90 - 98 5:26
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT C. Johnson
90 - 96 5:42
FT C. Johnson
89 - 96 5:42
88 - 96 5:53
T. Shannon Jr. 3PT
88 - 93 6:38
R. Gobert 2PT
FT N. Jokić
88 - 91 7:28
87 - 91 7:46
N. Reid 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
87 - 88 8:05
85 - 88 8:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
85 - 86 8:45
2PT T. Jones
83 - 86 9:27
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
81 - 86 9:47
80 - 86 10:02
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT C. Johnson
80 - 84 10:26
77 - 84 10:51
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT S. Jones
77 - 82 11:30
Q3 24 - 25 74 - 82
74 - 82 0:07
J. McDaniels 2PT
74 - 80 1:24
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
74 - 78 1:46
72 - 78 2:13
J. McDaniels 2PT
72 - 76 2:54
N. Reid 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
72 - 74 3:12
70 - 74 3:22
N. Reid 2PT
FT B. Brown
70 - 72 3:37
69 - 72 4:00
J. McDaniels FT
69 - 71 4:00
J. McDaniels 2PT
FT N. Jokić
69 - 69 4:55
FT N. Jokić
68 - 69 4:55
67 - 69 5:07
J. Randle 2PT
2PT N. Jokić
67 - 67 5:36
3PT C. Johnson
65 - 67 7:11
2PT N. Jokić
62 - 67 7:43
60 - 67 8:07
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
60 - 65 8:23
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT N. Jokić
60 - 63 8:38
FT N. Jokić
59 - 63 8:38
58 - 63 8:50
M. Conley 3PT
2PT S. Jones
58 - 60 9:15
56 - 60 9:44
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT J. Murray
56 - 58 9:58
54 - 58 10:20
J. Randle FT
2PT N. Jokić
54 - 57 10:41
2PT N. Jokić
52 - 57 11:44
Q2 20 - 28 50 - 57
50 - 57 0:58
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
FT C. Johnson
50 - 55 1:05
49 - 55 1:19
J. McDaniels FT
49 - 54 1:19
J. McDaniels FT
3PT C. Johnson
49 - 53 1:34
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
46 - 53 2:16
44 - 53 2:42
J. Randle 3PT
2PT N. Jokić
44 - 50 3:05
42 - 50 3:16
J. McDaniels 2PT
42 - 48 3:58
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
42 - 46 4:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
42 - 44 5:28
N. Reid 2PT
42 - 42 6:04
J. Randle FT
42 - 41 6:04
J. Randle FT
3PT N. Jokić
42 - 40 6:12
39 - 40 7:50
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT J. Murray
39 - 38 8:06
37 - 38 9:14
M. Conley 2PT
3PT S. Jones
37 - 36 10:07
34 - 36 10:21
N. Reid 2PT
34 - 34 11:00
J. McDaniels 2PT
2PT T. Jones
34 - 32 11:11
32 - 32 11:28
J. Clark 3PT
2PT J. Valančiūnas
32 - 29 11:47
Q1 30 - 29 30 - 29
FT C. Johnson
30 - 29 0:18
FT C. Johnson
29 - 29 0:36
2PT C. Johnson
28 - 29 0:36
26 - 29 1:04
T. Shannon Jr. FT
26 - 28 1:04
T. Shannon Jr. FT
2PT T. Hardaway Jr.
26 - 27 1:19
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
24 - 27 1:43
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
23 - 27 1:43
FT T. Hardaway Jr.
22 - 27 1:43
21 - 27 2:01
J. McDaniels 3PT
3PT C. Johnson
21 - 24 2:17
18 - 24 2:34
N. Reid 2PT
2PT J. Murray
18 - 22 2:46
16 - 22 3:01
B. Hyland FT
16 - 21 3:25
J. McDaniels 2PT
3PT T. Hardaway Jr.
16 - 19 3:45
13 - 19 4:01
N. Reid 2PT
13 - 17 4:26
R. Gobert 2PT
2PT C. Johnson
13 - 15 4:57
11 - 15 5:07
M. Conley 2PT
2PT J. Murray
11 - 13 5:35
2PT C. Johnson
9 - 13 6:58
7 - 13 7:20
J. Randle 3PT
7 - 10 7:48
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
7 - 8 8:04
T. Shannon Jr. 2PT
7 - 6 8:19
J. Randle 2PT
7 - 4 8:47
J. Randle 2PT
3PT C. Braun
7 - 2 9:00
4 - 2 9:15
T. Shannon Jr. FT
4 - 1 9:15
T. Shannon Jr. FT
2PT N. Jokić
4 - 0 10:45
2PT N. Jokić
2 - 0 11:17
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 6 Biggest Lead: MIN +12 Times Tied: 6
Head-to-Head
Timberwolves leads 3-2
Final
DEN Nuggets
23312418
96
MIN Timberwolves
22283230
112
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
Target Center
Minneapolis, US · 19,356 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Western conference first round
Date
May 1, 2026
Time
1:30 am
Duration
48 min