National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Denver 105,
Minnesota 103
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #8 Marc Davis, #52 Scott Twardoski
Attendance: 15093
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Officials: #18 Matt Boland, #8 Marc Davis, #52 Scott Twardoski
Attendance: 15093
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota Timberwolves
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Zach LaVine - G | 40:17 | 7-17 | 2-8 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Ricky Rubio - G | 33:58 | 5-14 | 1-7 | 7-7 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Gorgui Dieng - F | 39:27 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Andrew Wiggins - F | 36:18 | 11-20 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns - C | 34:42 | 7-17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Shabazz Muhammad | 19:25 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nemanja Bjelica | 17:56 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Dunn | 14:02 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cole Aldrich | 3:55 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Hill | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tyus Jones | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Adreian Payne | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Rush | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-94 | 7-25 | 12-17 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 103 | |
| 44.7% | 28.0% | 70.6% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Denver Nuggets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Gary Harris - G | 28:52 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Emmanuel Mudiay - G | 27:03 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 37:03 | 6-17 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Danilo Gallinari - F | 35:29 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 4-4 | -7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Nikola Jokic - C | 34:26 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 4-5 | -3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jameer Nelson | 20:57 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Will Barton | 19:14 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenneth Faried | 15:46 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jamal Murray | 12:30 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Jusuf Nurkic | 8:40 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Darrell Arthur | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Juan Hernangomez | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mike Miller | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-81 | 10-28 | 11-14 | 8 | 30 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 105 | |
| 51.9% | 35.7% | 78.6% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MIN | None |
| DEN | None |
Team Statistics
| Minnesota | Denver | ||
| Fast Break Points | 16 | Fast Break Points | 20 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 56 |
| Biggest Lead | 13 | Biggest Lead | 11 |