Follow live: Timberwolves and Nuggets rivalry returns for Game 1

Minnesota Timberwolves @ Denver NuggetsWest 1st Round - Game 1Minnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN49-33, 23-18 Away6249-33, 23-18 AwayBonusHalftime

	1	2	3	4	T
TimberwolvesMIN	33	29			62
NuggetsDEN	23	39			62

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Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN54-28, 28-13 Home6254-28, 28-13 HomeBonus

On the Court

Timberwolves

Player	PTS	FG	REB	AST	PF
J. McDaniels#3F	12	4-6	2	2	2
R. Gobert#27C	10	5-6	5	1	0
D. DiVincenzo#0G	9	3-3	1	1	2
A. Edwards#5G	11	4-8	3	5	1
A. Dosunmu#13G	9	3-5	0	1	2

Nuggets

Player	PTS	FG	REB	AST	PF
C. Johnson#23F	10	4-7	0	0	0
N. Jokic#15C	6	2-4	6	7	1
J. Murray#27G	17	3-7	2	3	0
C. Braun#0G	8	3-6	2	0	1
S. Jones#21F	5	1-1	0	0	0

Win ProbabilityWin Prob.Game FlowCover ProbabilityCover Prob.34.2%--MIN65.8%--DEN

According to ESPN Analytics

Team Stats

MINDEN

53% (23-43)

Field Goal %

45% (17-38)

44% (7-16)

Three Point %

47% (9-19)

82% (9-11)

Free Throw %

90% (19-21)

5

Turnovers

9

19

Rebounds

22

85%

Percent Led

7%

12

Largest Lead

2

Game Information

Denver, CO

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Referee:Dedric Taylor

Referee:Zach Zarba

Referee:Jacyn Goble

Referee:Eric Dalen

Halftime0.0 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 65.8

End of the 2nd Quarter

6262Rebound0.1 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 67.3

Nuggets offensive team rebound

6262Missed FG1.0 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 65.0

Nikola Jokic misses 18-foot jumper

6262+2 Points5.8 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 67.4

Rudy Gobert makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)

6262+3 Points21.4 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 70.4

Christian Braun makes 24-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)

6062+3 Points34.9 - 2ndWin %: DEN, 64.6

Donte DiVincenzo makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)

6059

Game Leaders

MINDEN12J. McDaniels#34/6 FG, 4/4 FT1217J. Murray#273/7 FG, 11/11 FT175R. Gobert#273 DREB, 2 OREB56N. Jokic#156 DREB, 0 OREB65A. Edwards#51 TO, 17 MIN57N. Jokic#154 TO, 19 MIN7Game OddsOdds byHalftimeCloseSpreadTotalMLMinnesota TimberwolvesTimberwolvesMIN(49-33)(49-33, 23-18 Away)o232.5-110+5.5-120o243.5-120+190Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN(54-28)(54-28, 28-13 Home)-7.5-105-5.5-110u243.5-110-250

Injury Report

Denver Nuggets

Name	Status	Est. Return
Peyton WatsonP. WatsonG	OutHamstring	Apr 20

Data is currently unavailable.

Matchups

Regular SeasonPlayoffsWest 1st RoundMINPostseason Series0-0DEN62Game 1@ DENHalftimePrime Video6249-33Game 2@ DENNBCPeacock54-2849-33Game 3@ MINPrime Video54-2849-33Game 4@ MINABC54-2849-33Game 5@ DEN54-2849-33Game 6@ MIN54-2849-33Game 7@ DEN54-28Western 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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