Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves
Regular seasonFinal
Denver Nuggets 111, Minnesota Timberwolves 124
Target Center · Minneapolis, MN
The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 124-111 on January 2, 2023 at Target Center. Anthony Edwards led the Minnesota Timberwolves with 29 points; Nikola Jokic scored 24 for the Denver Nuggets.
 Denver Nuggets | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamal MurrayGQuestionable, expected back Oct 6 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 6-12 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -5 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-PopeG | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -11 |
| Nikola JokicC | 33 | 24 | 7 | 9 | 10-20 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -9 |
| Aaron GordonF | 33 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 4-18 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -10 |
| Michael Porter Jr.F | 27 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 6-9 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -5 |
| Nah'Shon HylandG | 22 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 7-12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -15 |
| Bruce BrownG | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 |
| Vlatko CancarF | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -7 |
| Zeke NnajiF-C | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Christian BraunG | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 |
| Team | 238 | 111 | 45 | 27 | 42-91 | 11-29 | 16-20 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 21 |
DNP: Jeff Green, Collin Gillespie, Peyton Watson, DeAndre Jordan, Ish Smith, Jack White, Davon Reed
 Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony EdwardsG | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 10-24 | 3-11 | 6-6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | +13 |
| Austin RiversG | 32 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +6 |
| Kyle AndersonFQuestionable, expected back Oct 10 | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6-12 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +6 |
| Jaylen NowellG | 31 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 8-16 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +3 |
| Rudy GobertC | 27 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 |
| Jaden McDanielsF | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 9-10 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +13 |
| Nathan KnightF-C | 22 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +12 |
| Matt RyanF | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +5 |
| Luka GarzaC | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +11 |
| Team | 239 | 124 | 41 | 29 | 45-87 | 13-36 | 21-27 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
DNP: Karl-Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell, Jordan McLaughlin, Josh Minott, Taurean Prince, Naz Reid, Wendell Moore Jr., Bryn Forbes
Season series
DEN 2, MIN 2- Jan 2 · this gameDenver Nuggets 111, Minnesota Timberwolves 124
- Jan 18Minnesota Timberwolves 118, Denver Nuggets 122
- Feb 5Denver Nuggets 98, Minnesota Timberwolves 128
- Feb 7Minnesota Timberwolves 112, Denver Nuggets 146