National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Minnesota 128,
Denver 125
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 27, 2017
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #66 Haywoode Workman, #3 Nick Buchert
Attendance: 18978
Where: Target Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Officials: #19 James Capers, #66 Haywoode Workman, #3 Nick Buchert
Attendance: 18978
Final Scoring Summary
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Murray - G | 46:05 | 8-20 | 2-9 | 3-3 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
| Gary Harris - G | 41:29 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 2-2 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 29:39 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Mason Plumlee - F | 25:25 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | -5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 41:20 | 5-11 | 1-3 | 11-12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Will Barton | 33:50 | 10-17 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Trey Lyles | 31:20 | 8-13 | 4-8 | 3-3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Torrey Craig | 10:54 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darrell Arthur | 4:58 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Beasley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kenneth Faried | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Richard Jefferson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Emmanuel Mudiay | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 42-91 | 15-39 | 26-31 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 125 | |
| 46.2% | 38.5% | 83.9% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jimmy Butler - G | 42:24 | 10-20 | 3-6 | 16-18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
| Jeff Teague - G | 35:33 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 42:02 | 7-13 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Taj Gibson - F | 40:20 | 9-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 30:02 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jamal Crawford | 26:11 | 6-11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 21:12 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 1-2 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Tyus Jones | 15:05 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 9:49 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Georges-Hunt | 2:22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Aldrich | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Shabazz Muhammad | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 265 | 47-90 | 12-29 | 22-30 | 7 | 35 | 42 | 27 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 128 | |
| 52.2% | 41.4% | 73.3% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 6 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DEN | None |
| MIN | None |
Team Statistics
| Denver | Minnesota | ||
| Fast Break Points | 15 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 46 | Points in the Paint | 52 |
| Biggest Lead | 3 | Biggest Lead | 19 |