National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 112,
Denver 104
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #14 Ed Malloy, #58 Josh Tiven, #65 Jason Goldenberg
Attendance: 17002
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #14 Ed Malloy, #58 Josh Tiven, #65 Jason Goldenberg
Attendance: 17002
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jimmy Butler - G | 34:51 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 8-8 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Jeff Teague - G | 32:25 | 5-13 | 1-6 | 5-5 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 34:47 | 3-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Taj Gibson - F | 30:30 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 37:35 | 11-16 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Crawford | 28:11 | 7-14 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 20:41 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Tyus Jones | 15:35 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcus Georges-Hunt | 5:25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Aldrich | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Nemanja Bjelica | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shabazz Muhammad | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-87 | 8-24 | 18-19 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 112 | |
| 49.4% | 33.3% | 94.7% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 37:20 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-6 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 |
| Torrey Craig - G | 37:03 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 37:23 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mason Plumlee - F | 28:34 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 36:05 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 8-9 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Will Barton | 33:35 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Trey Lyles | 24:18 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 3-3 | -18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Malik Beasley | 5:42 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Darrell Arthur | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kenneth Faried | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Juan Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Richard Jefferson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Monte Morris | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-72 | 13-28 | 19-24 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 104 | |
| 50.0% | 46.4% | 79.2% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 22 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| Points in the Paint | 52 | Points in the Paint | 40 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 14 |