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Minnesota Timberwolves20-11138atDenver Nuggets22-8142 winner

Thu, Dec 25, 10:30 PM ESTBall Arena, Denver, COABC · ESPN

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
MIN	29	26	23	37	23	138
DEN	32	25	35	23	27	142

Minnesota Timberwolves

138

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsSF	40	21	4	4	0	2	3	9-12	1-3	2-2	+4
Julius RandlePF	39	32	7	6	3	1	2	12-22	2-7	6-7	-13
Rudy GobertC	34	9	12	0	0	6	0	4-7	0-0	1-2	+18
Anthony EdwardsSG	42	44	6	3	3	0	6	14-25	5-14	11-13	-17
Donte DiVincenzoPG	34	6	8	8	2	1	0	2-11	0-7	2-2	+12
Mike Conley	10	0	0	2	1	1	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Naz Reid	28	13	6	3	0	0	1	5-13	2-7	1-1	-4
Bones Hyland	23	11	4	5	1	1	1	4-8	2-4	1-3	+7
Jaylen Clark	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Terrence Shannon Jr.	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Johnny Juzang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Team		138	55	31	10	12	13	51-104	12-45	24-30

DNP: Joan Beringer, Rob Dillingham, Joe Ingles, Leonard Miller, Enrique Freeman, Rocco Zikarsky

Denver Nuggets

142

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Spencer JonesSF	41	12	8	1	2	0	2	5-10	2-5	0-0	+2
Peyton WatsonPF	42	9	4	0	3	0	2	3-5	1-2	2-2	+15
Nikola JokićC	43	56	16	15	0	2	5	15-21	4-6	22-23	+15
Tim Hardaway Jr.SG	41	19	4	0	0	1	0	7-16	3-11	2-2	+4
Jamal MurrayPG	42	35	2	10	0	1	4	12-32	9-18	2-3	+5
Bruce Brown	28	7	3	3	1	0	3	3-7	0-0	1-2	-6
Julian Strawther	12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Jonas Valančiūnas	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-0	0-0	-9
Zeke Nnaji	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Team		142	62	31	6	5	17	47-101	19-43	29-32

DNP: DaRon Holmes II, Curtis Jones, Jalen Pickett, Hunter Tyson, Tamar Bates (injury), Christian Braun (injury), Aaron Gordon (injury), Cameron Johnson (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · DEN: 16
Biggest lead · MIN: 9
Times tied: 10
Lead changes: 8
Longest run · MIN: 17

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How they entered this matchup

4 in 6: DENNational TV

DEN 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.

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	MIN	DEN
Record	20-11	22-8
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	50.5h	50.5h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	699 mi	663 mi
Zone change	-1h	-1h
Body clock	-1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 1	Homestand · 1 of 1
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	4 in 6
Fatigue Index	3	3

marks the side with the edge in that row.

How each side got here699 mi vs 663 mi

How each side got here

MIN

699 mi

Minneapolis, MNDenver, CO

MIN came from Minneapolis, MN with 699 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Minneapolis, MN to Denver, CO

DEN

663 mi

Dallas, TXDenver, CO

DEN came from Dallas, TX with 663 mi of travel and -1h of time-zone change.

Dallas, TX to Denver, CO

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 1 vs homestand 1 of 1

Where this game sits in the run

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 miles699 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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