Nikola Jokic and Key Nuggets Players to Watch vs. the Timberwolves in Western Semifinals | Game 7 - May 19

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Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: Players to Watch

Nuggets Key Players

Nikola Jokic is averaging 26.4 points, 12.4 boards and 9 assists. At the other end, he averages 1.4 steals (seventh in league) and 0.9 blocked shots.

Porter is averaging 16.7 points, 7 boards and 1.5 assists. Defensively, he averages 0.5 steals and 0.7 blocked shots.

Jamal Murray averages 21.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists, shooting 48.1% from the floor and 42.5% from beyond the arc (10th in NBA), with 2.5 made treys per game.

Aaron Gordon's numbers on the season are 13.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest, shooting 55.6% from the field.

Reggie Jackson averages 10.2 points, 1.9 boards and 3.8 assists, shooting 43.1% from the floor and 35.9% from beyond the arc, with 1.2 made 3-pointers per contest.

Timberwolves Key Players

Anthony Edwards averages 25.9 points for the Timberwolves, plus 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists.

The Timberwolves are receiving 14 points, 12.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game from Rudy Gobert.

Karl-Anthony Towns' numbers on the season are 21.8 points, 8.3 boards and 3 assists per contest. He is sinking 50.4% of his shots from the floor and 41.6% from 3-point range, with an average of 2.2 treys.

The Timberwolves get 13.5 points per game from Naz Reid, plus 5.2 boards and 1.3 assists.

Per game, Mike Conley gets the Timberwolves 11.4 points, 2.9 boards and 5.9 assists, plus 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks.

Nuggets vs. Timberwolves Stat Insights

Denver Key Stats

The Nuggets' +431 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 5.3 points per game) is a result of scoring 114.9 points per game (14th in the NBA) while giving up 109.6 per contest (sixth in the league).

Denver averages 44.4 rebounds per game (seventh in the league) while allowing 42.3 per outing to its opponents. It outrebounds opponents by 2.1 boards per game.

The Nuggets make 11.7 three-pointers per game (25th in the league) at a 37.4% rate (ninth-best in the NBA), compared to the 11.2 their opponents make while shooting 35.5% from deep.

Denver ranks seventh in the NBA with 115.6 points scored per 100 possessions, and eighth in the league defensively with 110.5 points conceded per 100 possessions.

Minnesota Key Stats

The Timberwolves outscore opponents by 6.5 points per game (posting 113 points per game, 18th in league, and conceding 106.5 per outing, first in NBA) and have a +529 scoring differential.

Minnesota comes out on top in the rebound battle by an average of 2.2 boards. It records 43.6 rebounds per game (15th in league) compared to its opponents' 41.4.

The Timberwolves make 12.6 three-pointers per game (15th in the league) at a 38.7% rate (third-best in NBA), compared to the 11.4 per game their opponents make, at a 35.4% rate.

Minnesota records 113.1 points per 100 possessions (16th in league), while giving up 106.2 points per 100 possessions (first in NBA).

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