Denver 108, Minnesota 114

April 23, 2023

Opening Round - Denver wins 4-1

Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: 18,978

Officials: Bill Kennedy, Ray Acosta, David Guthrie, Natalie Sago

Team Rebounds: Denver (12) Minnesota (5)

Technicals: Denver (0) Minnesota (0)

  1 2 3 4 OT Final
DEN (53-29) 22 30 22 22 12 108
MIN (42-40) 23 25 32 16 18 114

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
DEN 99 108.6 114.6
MIN 99 114.6 108.6

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
DEN .505 0.111 0.213 0.126
MIN .522 0.111 0.275 0.183

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 39:40 2-7 1-4 0-0 5.0 0 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 5
50 Aaron Gordon Starter PF 42:43 6-12 1-3 1-1 11.1 5 2 7 3 6 0 1 1 14
15 Nikola Jokic Starter C 39:08 15-26 5-8 8-12 30.2 2 9 11 6 3 2 0 4 43
27 Jamal Murray Starter PG 40:46 8-21 2-7 1-1 9.9 1 6 7 5 1 0 0 3 19
1 Michael Porter, Jr. Starter SF 41:15 6-12 2-6 1-2 12.0 0 5 5 2 2 0 2 0 15
32 Jeff Green Bench C 18:23 0-3 0-2 0-0 -0.8 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 1 0
6 DeAndre Jordan Bench C 04:05 0-0 0-0 1-2 3.2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Bruce Brown, Jr. Bench SG 25:59 5-12 1-4 0-0 6.2 1 5 6 0 3 2 0 1 11
0 Christian Braun Bench SF 13:01 0-2 0-1 0-0 0.2 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
  Team                   12         1  
        265 42-95 12-35 12-18 89.2 10 37 59 21 23 6 5 12 108
          44.2% 34.3% 66.7%                    

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 42:36 7-13 3-7 2-2 15.0 0 2 2 8 4 0 0 1 19
27 Rudy Gobert Starter C 39:21 7-14 0-0 0-0 16.0 5 10 15 1 4 0 2 1 14
32 Karl-Anthony Towns Starter PF 36:18 5-9 0-2 7-10 14.2 2 9 11 2 6 1 1 2 17
9 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Starter SF 37:57 3-7 2-5 0-0 5.5 1 3 4 1 1 1 0 2 8
5 Anthony Edwards Starter SG 45:22 12-27 5-12 5-6 23.8 1 5 6 5 1 2 3 2 34
25 Austin Rivers Bench PG 10:32 2-3 1-2 0-0 3.5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
1 Kyle Anderson Bench PF 22:08 5-7 1-2 0-0 14.8 0 6 6 5 3 2 1 2 11
12 Taurean Prince Bench SF 23:20 1-8 1-3 3-4 0.2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 6
6 Jordan McLaughlin Bench PG 03:48 0-1 0-1 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Jaylen Nowell Bench SG 03:38 0-4 0-0 0-0 0.0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Team                   5         1  
        265 42-93 13-34 17-22 101.2 14 37 56 23 19 6 7 12 114
          45.2% 38.2% 77.3%                    

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 Austin Rivers
4.9p, 1.6r, 1.4a		  
 		 Taurean Prince
9.1p, 2.4r, 1.6a		 Kyle Anderson
9.4p, 5.3r, 4.9a		  
 
Lim PT Jordan McLaughlin
3.7p, 1.4r, 3.4a		 Jaylen Nowell
10.8p, 2.6r, 2a		  
 		  
 		  
 

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