First round · Game 3

Denver Nuggets96atMinnesota Timberwolves113 winner

Thu, Apr 23, 9:30 PM EDTTarget Center, Minneapolis, MNPrime Video

First round · Game 3

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MIN leads 2-1

Best of 7 · First to 4 wins · Series score after this game

Series results

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
DEN	11	28	29	28	96
MIN	25	36	27	25	113

Denver Nuggets

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cameron JohnsonSF	24	6	2	1	1	0	0	2-6	0-3	2-2	-14
Spencer JonesPF	28	6	1	0	0	1	1	2-3	2-2	0-0	-5
Nikola JokićC	35	27	15	3	2	0	4	7-26	2-10	11-11	-21
Christian BraunSG	24	2	2	0	0	1	0	0-4	0-1	2-4	-19
Jamal MurrayPG	35	16	3	4	0	0	1	5-17	0-5	6-7	-12
Tim Hardaway Jr.	28	11	5	0	0	0	1	3-8	2-6	3-4	-13
Julian Strawther	14	6	3	0	0	0	2	2-7	1-3	1-2	0
Bruce Brown	23	9	4	2	1	0	1	4-7	0-0	1-2	-3
Zeke Nnaji	16	10	3	1	1	0	0	2-2	1-1	5-6	+2
Tyus Jones	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0
DaRon Holmes II	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Jalen Pickett	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0
Team		96	55	12	5	2	10	28-82	8-32	32-40

DNP: Jonas Valančiūnas, Aaron Gordon (injury), Peyton Watson (injury)

Minnesota Timberwolves

113

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaden McDanielsSF	41	20	10	3	1	1	0	9-13	1-3	1-1	+8
Julius RandlePF	33	15	6	4	0	1	1	6-15	0-3	3-6	+8
Rudy GobertC	36	10	12	3	0	3	0	3-7	0-0	4-5	+18
Anthony EdwardsSG	24	17	5	3	0	0	2	6-15	2-8	3-3	+11
Donte DiVincenzoPG	33	15	4	7	4	0	1	6-13	3-8	0-0	+20
Naz Reid	18	5	6	2	0	0	2	2-7	1-4	0-0	+4
Ayo Dosunmu	32	25	3	9	0	0	2	10-15	0-3	5-6	+11
Bones Hyland	15	6	4	0	0	0	2	2-5	2-4	0-0	-1
Kyle Anderson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Julian Phillips	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Joe Ingles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Mike Conley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0
Joan Beringer	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Team		113	62	31	6	5	10	44-93	9-34	16-21

DNP: Jaylen Clark (injury), Terrence Shannon Jr. (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · MIN: 27
Biggest lead · DEN: 0
Times tied: 0
Lead changes: 0
Longest run · MIN: 9

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How they entered this matchup

National TV

DEN is in game 1 of 2 on the road with 0 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	DEN	MIN
Days rest	2 days	2 days
Hours rest	71h	71h
Rest swing	0h	0h
Travel in	699 mi	699 mi
Zone change	+1h	+1h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 1 of 2	Homestand · 1 of 2
Miles before tip	0 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	2	0 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

DEN carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 2 vs. MIN's 0.

How each side got here699 mi vs 699 mi

How each side got here

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

699 mi

Denver, COMinneapolis, MN

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

Denver, CO to Minneapolis, MN

Where this game sitsroad 1 of 2 vs homestand 1 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

DEN

Road trip

DEN is on game 1 of 2 on the road, with 0 mi already behind it.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles699 mi

MIN

Homestand

MIN is in game 1 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment1 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: streamingPrime Video
League Pass: Full replay + condensed game
Radio: DENAltitude Sports Radio 92.5 FMMINKFAN FM / Wolves App / iHeart RadioSiriusXM

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