Game completed

Minnesota Timberwolves1-0126atDenver Nuggets0-1116

Sat, Oct 4, 9:00 PM EDTPechanga Arena, San Diego, CAAltitude

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
MIN	40	32	24	30	126
DEN	28	35	17	36	116

Minnesota Timberwolves

126

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsF	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	3-4	1-1	2-2	+12
Naz ReidF	12	10	1	0	0	0	0	4-6	2-2	0-0	+12
Rudy GobertC	12	6	3	3	2	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+12
Donte DiVincenzoG	12	8	1	6	1	1	0	3-5	2-4	0-0	+12
Rob DillinghamG	23	7	2	9	0	0	4	3-10	1-4	0-0	+4
Bones Hyland	22	18	3	3	1	0	1	5-8	3-4	5-6	+5
Joan Beringer	23	14	4	0	0	1	0	6-8	0-0	2-3	-6
Jaylen Clark	20	2	2	0	1	1	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	0
Joe Ingles	16	3	0	4	0	0	1	1-2	1-2	0-0	+2
Terrence Shannon Jr.	21	11	4	4	0	0	1	2-9	0-2	7-8	+2
Rocco Zikarsky	13	9	8	0	1	0	1	3-8	0-0	3-4	+4
Johnny Juzang	20	16	6	0	1	0	0	6-13	3-7	1-2	-4
Alize Johnson	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tristen Newton	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Zyon Pullin	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-2
Enrique Freeman	8	9	2	0	0	0	1	3-3	2-2	1-1	-4
Jules Bernard	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-3
Team		126	41	32	7	3	11	45-88	15-30	21-26

Denver Nuggets

116

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonF	15	2	0	1	0	1	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Aaron GordonF	15	14	3	1	0	0	1	4-4	1-1	5-6	-4
Nikola JokićC	19	14	5	2	1	0	1	4-5	0-0	6-6	-6
Christian BraunG	15	7	3	0	0	0	1	2-2	1-1	2-4	-9
Jamal MurrayG	16	12	1	5	0	1	2	3-6	1-3	5-5	0
Tim Hardaway Jr.	15	3	2	3	0	0	1	0-3	0-2	3-4	-1
Peyton Watson	18	10	4	0	0	0	0	5-5	0-0	0-0	-10
Bruce Brown	16	2	1	2	2	1	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Julian Strawther	18	7	3	0	0	0	1	3-6	1-1	0-1	-9
Jonas Valančiūnas	13	6	1	2	1	1	4	3-5	0-0	0-0	-6
Spencer Jones	10	0	1	0	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Jalen Pickett	14	13	3	4	0	0	1	5-9	3-4	0-0	-7
Zeke Nnaji	12	4	2	1	1	0	0	2-6	0-2	0-0	-1
Hunter Tyson	15	9	3	0	1	0	1	3-5	3-5	0-0	+4
Curtis Jones	12	0	1	4	0	0	0	0-5	0-4	0-0	+6
DaRon Holmes II	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	+2
Moses Brown	4	8	3	0	0	0	0	4-5	0-0	0-0	+3
Tamar Bates	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Team		116	37	27	9	4	15	41-75	11-28	23-28

DNP: Kessler Edwards (coach's decision)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · DEN: 1
Biggest lead · MIN: 19
Times tied: 0
Lead changes: 1
Longest run · MIN: 15

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Body clock: MIN

MIN is dealing with minimal pressure: -2h on the body clock and n/a of zone shift.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	MIN	DEN
Record	1-0	0-1
Days rest	n/a	n/a
Hours rest	n/a	n/a
Rest swing	n/a	n/a
Travel in	n/a	n/a
Zone change	n/a	n/a
Body clock	-2h	-1h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—

How each side got here

Travel and map

MIN

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

MIN does not have a previous stop in the tracked window, so this shapes more like a fresh setup than a travel grind.

No previous stop tracked | San Diego, CA

DEN

n/a

No previous stopSeason opener or no tracked previous venue for this team.

DEN does not have a previous stop in the tracked window, so this shapes more like a fresh setup than a travel grind.

No previous stop tracked | San Diego, CA

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

MIN

Road trip

MIN is on game 1 of 1 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

DEN

Homestand

DEN is in game 1 of 1 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 1

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

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