Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver Nuggets
West 1st Round - Game 5 • MIN leads series 3-2
49-33, 23-18 Away
113
49-33, 23-18 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 29 | 22 | 24 | 38 | 113 |
DEN | 34 | 26 | 37 | 28 | 125 |
54-28, 28-13 Home
125
54-28, 28-13 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Julius Randle makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Cameron Johnson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Julius Randle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Christian Braun misses two point shot
- Cameron Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Terrence Shannon Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Cameron Johnson makes driving layup
- Spencer Jones makes 3-foot running dunk
- Julius Randle makes 15-foot two point shot (Ayo Dosunmu assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer (Christian Braun assists)
- Julius Randle misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot jump bank shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 1-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes 10-foot two point shot
- Terrence Shannon Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Jones makes free throw 1 of 2
- Spencer Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Nikola Jokic misses 4-foot turnaround jump shot
- Ayo Dosunmu misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Bones Hyland makes 27-foot three pointer (Ayo Dosunmu assists)
- Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bones Hyland assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot running jump shot
- Mike Conley makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 8-foot floating jump shot
- Naz Reid makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Mike Conley makes 9-foot driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes running layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bones Hyland makes 32-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson makes layup (Julius Randle assists)
- Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tyus Jones makes running layup
- Spencer Jones misses 2-foot reverse layup
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Julius Randle assists)
- Tyus Jones misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes 13-foot fade away jump shot
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 4-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Bruce Brown misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes tip in dunk
- Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 5-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Jones makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Bruce Brown makes 1-foot running dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Rudy Gobert misses driving layup
- Julius Randle makes 2-foot dunk (Mike Conley assists)
- Spencer Jones makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bones Hyland makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ayo Dosunmu assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes 8-foot two point shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Cameron Johnson makes 5-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
- Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Cameron Johnson makes 5-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Mike Conley misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Mike Conley assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Julius Randle misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamal Murray misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 6-foot running pullup jump shot (Julius Randle assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Nikola Jokic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses driving layup
- Spencer Jones makes 22-foot running jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
- Spencer Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 1
- Naz Reid misses 8-foot two point shot
- Spencer Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu misses driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun makes free throw 1 of 2
- Christian Braun makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid makes 6-foot jumper
- Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes alley oop layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot
- Bones Hyland misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Spencer Jones makes 1-foot running dunk (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot running jump shot
- Julius Randle makes 1-foot running dunk
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson misses two point shot
- Julius Randle misses two point shot
- Kyle Anderson misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 26-foot three pointer (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Jamal Murray misses layup
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 1
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 13-foot pullup jump shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Tim Hardaway Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- Terrence Shannon Jr. misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Bones Hyland misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Bones Hyland makes technical free throw
- Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels misses free throw 2 of 2
- Kyle Anderson makes driving layup
- Cameron Johnson makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Christian Braun makes running layup
- Cameron Johnson makes 2-foot running dunk
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 1
- Kyle Anderson misses heave jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 21-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jonas Valanciunas makes 15-foot jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three pointer (Spencer Jones assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- Jamal Murray misses 13-foot two point shot
- Bruce Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes running dunk (Naz Reid assists)
- Bruce Brown makes 2-foot dunk (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 4-foot two point shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 1 of 1
- Jonas Valanciunas makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jonas Valanciunas misses free throw 2 of 2
- Ayo Dosunmu misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Bruce Brown makes free throw 1 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Bruce Brown misses driving layup
- Bones Hyland makes driving layup
- Bones Hyland makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tyus Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
- Tyus Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
- Ayo Dosunmu makes 3-foot two point shot (Julius Randle assists)
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamal Murray makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes 5-foot two point shot
- Ayo Dosunmu makes layup
- Jamal Murray misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Bones Hyland makes running layup (Ayo Dosunmu assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses driving layup
- Julius Randle makes two point shot
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 1
- Cameron Johnson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 7-foot running pullup jump shot (Julius Randle assists)
- Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamal Murray makes 3-foot running dunk
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Jamal Murray assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nikola Jokic misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes layup (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Clark assists)
- Jamal Murray misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 10-foot running pullup jump shot
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- Cameron Johnson makes driving dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Joan Beringer makes free throw 1 of 2
- Joan Beringer makes free throw 2 of 2
- Cameron Johnson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot floating jump shot (Cameron Johnson assists)
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Terrence Shannon Jr. misses two point shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: DEN, 65.9
Win %: DEN, 60.9
Win %: DEN, 62.7
Win %: DEN, 64.8
Win %: DEN, 65.5
Win %: DEN, 67.6
Win %: DEN, 62.9
Win %: DEN, 65.5
Win %: DEN, 69.3
Win %: DEN, 67.5
Win %: DEN, 69.9
Win %: DEN, 68.0
Win %: DEN, 67.4
Win %: DEN, 69.9
Win %: DEN, 69.9
Win %: DEN, 69.9
Win %: DEN, 67.4
Win %: DEN, 68.0
Win %: DEN, 67.4
Win %: DEN, 69.2
Win %: DEN, 69.9
Win %: DEN, 71.8
Win %: DEN, 73.9
Win %: DEN, 75.7
MIN @ DEN Videos
Jokic gives the ball to Minnesota and tries to snatch it back
Jokic lays in a Denver and-1
Bruce Brown cuts to the basket for a two-handed jam
Matchups
Game Information
Denver, CO
Referee:James Capers
Referee:Brent Barnaky
Referee:Aaron Smith
Referee:Tyler Ford
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
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