Minnesota 80, Denver 109

April 16, 2023

Opening Round - Denver wins 4-1

Ball Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 19,628

Officials: Josh Tiven, Rodney Mott, Pat Fraher, Lauren Holtkamp

Team Rebounds: Minnesota (10) Denver (11)

Technicals: Minnesota (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
MIN (42-40) 23 21 14 22 80
DEN (53-29) 26 29 32 22 109

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
MIN 93 85.8 116.9
DEN 93 116.9 85.8

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
MIN .438 0.118 0.132 0.111
DEN .544 0.107 0.204 0.122

Minnesota Timberwolves

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
10 Mike Conley Starter PG 24:57 3-5 2-3 0-0 10.2 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 8
27 Rudy Gobert Starter C 25:43 3-5 0-0 2-4 12.5 2 11 13 0 3 0 2 1 8
32 Karl-Anthony Towns Starter PF 29:34 5-15 1-7 0-2 3.8 1 9 10 2 2 0 0 4 11
9 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Starter SF 23:30 2-6 2-4 1-2 3.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
1 Anthony Edwards Starter SG 27:41 6-15 1-4 5-6 11.0 0 2 2 5 4 2 1 1 18
25 Austin Rivers Bench PG 16:12 1-2 1-2 0-0 2.8 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Kyle Anderson Bench PF 25:57 5-11 1-3 0-0 9.0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 11
12 Taurean Prince Bench SF 21:17 0-4 0-3 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
6 Jordan McLaughlin Bench PG 10:19 0-3 0-1 0-0 -0.8 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
4 Jaylen Nowell Bench SG 21:54 4-10 3-6 1-2 5.2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 12
13 Nathan Knight Bench C 04:33 1-4 0-2 0-0 -1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
7 Wendell Moore, Jr. Bench SF 02:04 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Josh Minott Bench PF 06:19 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.8 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0
  Team                   10         1  
        240 30-81 11-36 9-16 64.0 5 33 48 18 16 6 6 12 80
          37.0% 30.6% 56.3%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Starter SG 31:23 6-11 3-6 0-0 10.0 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 15
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 23:20 3-7 2-4 5-6 9.2 2 3 5 1 3 1 0 1 13
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 28:29 6-12 0-0 1-3 17.6 5 9 14 6 6 1 0 1 13
27 Jamal Murray Starter PG 33:09 9-22 4-10 2-2 19.2 0 8 8 8 3 0 1 1 24
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 31:11 7-17 4-9 0-1 15.9 1 10 11 2 1 1 0 0 18
32 Jeff Green Bench PF 22:41 0-4 0-3 0-0 -1.0 0 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 0
6 DeAndre Jordan Bench C 05:56 2-3 0-0 0-0 -0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 4
14 Ish Smith Bench PG 04:15 0-1 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
7 Reggie Jackson Bench SG 04:15 0-0 0-0 0-0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
31 Vlatko Cancar Bench PF 02:04 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bruce Brown, Jr. Bench SG 25:20 5-8 2-4 2-3 9.6 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 1 14
22 Zeke Nnaji Bench C 04:15 2-2 1-1 0-0 4.2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 5
8 Peyton Watson Bench SF 04:15 0-1 0-1 0-0 1.2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 Christian Braun Bench SF 19:27 1-1 0-0 1-2 6.0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3
  Team                   11         1  
        240 41-90 16-39 11-17 104.4 11 43 65 24 20 6 4 11 109
          45.6% 41.0% 64.7%                    

Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Mike Conley
11.9p, 2.7r, 6.7a		 Anthony Edwards
24.6p, 5.8r, 4.4a		 Nickeil Alexander-Walker
6.2p, 1.7r, 1.8a		 Karl-Anthony Towns
20.8p, 8.1r, 4.8a		 Rudy Gobert
13.4p, 11.6r, 1.2a
Rotation Austin Rivers
4.9p, 1.6r, 1.4a		 Jaylen Nowell
10.8p, 2.6r, 2a		 Taurean Prince
9.1p, 2.4r, 1.6a		 Kyle Anderson
9.4p, 5.3r, 4.9a		  
 
Rotation Jordan McLaughlin
3.7p, 1.4r, 3.4a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 
Lim PT  
 		  
 		 Wendell Moore, Jr.
1.4p, 0.6r, 0.6a		 Josh Minott
3.1p, 1.7r, 0.3a		 Nathan Knight
3.7p, 1.5r, 0.3a

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Jamal Murray
20p, 4r, 6.2a		 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
10.8p, 2.7r, 2.4a		 Michael Porter, Jr.
17.4p, 5.5r, 1a		 Aaron Gordon
16.3p, 6.6r, 3a		 Nikola Jokic
24.5p, 11.8r, 9.8a
Rotation  
 		 Bruce Brown, Jr.
11.5p, 4.1r, 3.4a		 Christian Braun
4.7p, 2.4r, 0.8a		 Jeff Green
7.8p, 2.6r, 1.2a		  
 
Lim PT Ish Smith
2.5p, 1.3r, 2.3a		 Reggie Jackson
10.2p, 2.1r, 3.4a		 Peyton Watson
3.3p, 1.6r, 0.5a		 Vlatko Cancar
5p, 2.1r, 1.3a		 DeAndre Jordan
5.1p, 5.2r, 0.9a
Lim PT  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 Zeke Nnaji
5.2p, 2.6r, 0.3a

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