Denver 120, Minnesota 111

April 21, 2023

Opening Round - Denver wins 4-1

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 19,536

Officials: James Williams, Eric Dalen, Zach Zarba, Dedric Taylor

Team Rebounds: Denver (4) Minnesota (11)

Technicals: Denver (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
DEN (53-29) 28 33 33 26 120
MIN (42-40) 28 27 33 23 111

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 98 122.3 113.1
MIN 98 113.1 122.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .649 0.143 0.125 0.131
MIN .519 0.132 0.188 0.367

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 28:30 5-10 3-6 1-2 6.0 1 1 2 1 5 1 1 2 14
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 30:43 4-7 1-2 5-5 9.1 0 7 7 0 4 1 0 2 14
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 38:03 9-13 2-3 0-0 26.0 2 9 11 12 4 1 0 4 20
27 Jamal Murray Starter PG 38:12 7-16 1-6 3-4 16.5 0 6 6 9 3 2 1 3 18
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 39:35 10-17 4-8 1-1 21.4 1 8 9 2 3 1 1 0 25
32 Jeff Green Bench PF 26:46 3-8 1-4 1-1 5.1 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 8
6 DeAndre Jordan Bench C 00:28 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bruce Brown, Jr. Bench SG 23:46 6-8 0-1 0-0 11.0 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 2 12
0 Christian Braun Bench SF 13:57 4-5 1-2 0-0 5.2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 9
  Team                   4         1  
        240 48-84 13-32 11-13 120.4 5 35 44 32 26 8 4 15 120
          57.1% 40.6% 84.6%                    

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 39:03 3-8 2-4 4-4 8.0 0 2 2 5 4 1 0 2 12
27 Rudy Gobert Starter C 32:21 7-10 0-0 4-8 15.2 5 5 10 3 6 0 0 1 18
32 Karl-Anthony Towns Starter PF 41:32 10-17 2-4 5-5 15.9 1 6 7 1 2 1 1 4 27
9 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Starter SF 21:33 3-5 2-2 0-0 5.8 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 8
1 Anthony Edwards Starter SG 43:57 10-22 3-11 13-15 24.6 0 7 7 5 1 3 1 3 36
25 Austin Rivers Bench PG 05:34 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kyle Anderson Bench PF 28:42 1-7 0-1 0-0 1.8 0 2 2 6 5 2 0 2 2
12 Taurean Prince Bench SF 14:52 2-3 1-2 3-3 5.9 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 8
4 Jaylen Nowell Bench SG 12:26 0-6 0-2 0-0 -2.8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   11            
        240 36-79 10-27 29-35 96.6 6 26 43 24 21 8 2 13 111
          45.6% 37.0% 82.9%                    

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  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 		 DeAndre Jordan
5.1p, 5.2r, 0.9a

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  
 		 Jaylen Nowell
10.8p, 2.6r, 2a		 Taurean Prince
9.1p, 2.4r, 1.6a		 Kyle Anderson
9.4p, 5.3r, 4.9a		  
 
Lim PT Austin Rivers
4.9p, 1.6r, 1.4a		  
 		  
 		  
 		  
 

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