Game completed

Denver Nuggets2-1127atMinnesota Timberwolves2-2114

Mon, Oct 27, 9:30 PM EDTTarget Center, Minneapolis, MNPeacock

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	34	23	45	25	127
MIN	30	35	29	20	114

Denver Nuggets

127

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	19	5	2	2	0	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-14
Aaron GordonPF	33	9	3	3	0	0	2	3-10	0-2	3-3	+8
Nikola JokićC	36	25	19	10	2	1	3	9-10	0-0	7-7	+17
Christian BraunSG	27	7	3	2	2	0	0	3-9	1-3	0-0	-1
Jamal MurrayPG	37	43	6	3	0	0	2	16-29	5-9	6-7	+30
Peyton Watson	25	12	2	1	1	2	1	4-6	2-2	2-2	+14
Tim Hardaway Jr.	32	20	1	3	0	0	0	7-11	4-6	2-2	+25
Bruce Brown	13	2	5	0	0	0	1	1-4	0-0	0-0	0
Spencer Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4
Jonas Valančiūnas	10	4	4	0	0	1	1	1-3	0-0	2-4	0
Julian Strawther	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Hunter Tyson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
DaRon Holmes II	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Zeke Nnaji	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-2
Jalen Pickett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Team		127	54	24	5	4	12	46-88	13-26	22-25

DNP: Tamar Bates (gleague twoway), Curtis Jones (gleague twoway)

Minnesota Timberwolves

114

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsSF	35	25	3	1	0	4	2	10-16	1-3	4-4	-13
Julius RandlePF	35	24	7	3	2	1	2	8-15	1-4	7-8	-5
Rudy GobertC	26	8	5	1	1	2	1	3-7	0-0	2-2	-18
Donte DiVincenzoSG	30	12	3	4	1	0	1	3-10	3-8	3-3	-7
Mike ConleyPG	26	10	3	4	1	1	0	3-8	1-3	3-3	-2
Terrence Shannon Jr.	25	9	3	1	1	0	1	3-8	1-3	2-3	-11
Rob Dillingham	12	4	0	2	1	0	3	2-2	0-0	0-0	-5
Naz Reid	27	18	7	2	1	1	2	7-12	2-6	2-4	0
Bones Hyland	16	4	2	1	0	0	2	1-6	1-5	1-2	-4
Johnny Juzang	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Leonard Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Joan Beringer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Team		114	43	19	8	9	14	40-85	10-32	24-29

DNP: Jaylen Clark (injury), Joe Ingles, Anthony Edwards (injury), Enrique Freeman (gleague twoway), Rocco Zikarsky (gleague twoway)

Lead tracker

How the game flowed

Biggest lead · MIN: 9
Biggest lead · DEN: 15
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 4
Longest run · MIN: 11

How they entered this matchup

Pregame context

Rest edge: DENTravel tax: DEN4 in 6: MINNational TV

DEN has the rest edge with 1 day and 48.5h between games.
DEN is carrying the heavier travel load at 699 mi from its previous stop.
MIN is playing into a 4 in 6 schedule window, which matters even before the ball goes up.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

The numbers

Rest · travel · body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	MIN
Record	2-1	2-2
Days rest	1 day	B2B
Hours rest	48.5h	26.5h
Rest swing	+22h	-22h
Travel in	699 mi	0 mi
Zone change	+1h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 2 of 3
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	B2B4 in 6

How each side got here

Travel and map

DEN

699 mi

Denver, COMinneapolis, MN

DEN came from Denver, CO with 699 mi of travel and +1h of time-zone change.

Denver, CO to Minneapolis, MN

MIN

0 mi

Minneapolis, MNNo travel

MIN stayed in Minneapolis, MN between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in Minneapolis, MN

Where this game sits in the run

Trip context

DEN

Road trip

DEN 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 miles699 mi

MIN

Homestand

MIN is in game 2 of 3 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 3

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

TV · streaming · radio

National: streamingPeacock
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Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMMINKFAN FM / Wolves App / iHeart RadioSiriusXM

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