National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 78,
Minnesota 74
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #50 Gediminas Petraitis, #15 Zach Zarba, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 12059
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #50 Gediminas Petraitis, #15 Zach Zarba, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 12059
Final Scoring Summary
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gary Harris - G | 24:22 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jameer Nelson - G | 20:18 | 2-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Danilo Gallinari - F | 35:18 | 6-15 | 2-2 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Kenneth Faried - F | 18:08 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 25:45 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darrell Arthur | 29:50 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Randy Foye | 27:44 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Will Barton | 25:38 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 22:00 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Kostas Papanikolaou | 10:56 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Miller | 0:02 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.J. Hickson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Joffrey Lauvergne | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 29-81 | 8-20 | 12-17 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 78 | |
| 35.8% | 40.0% | 70.6% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Andrew Wiggins - G | 31:22 | 4-14 | 0-1 | 3-6 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 31:11 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tayshaun Prince - F | 32:33 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kevin Garnett - F | 20:44 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 32:07 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gorgui Dieng | 27:01 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach LaVine | 16:49 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Martin | 16:22 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 15:58 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nikola Pekovic | 15:53 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Andre Miller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Adreian Payne | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 28-73 | 3-11 | 15-20 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 74 | |
| 38.4% | 27.3% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | Kenneth Faried |
| MIN | Kevin Garnett |
Team Statistics
| Denver | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 5 | Biggest Lead | 10 |