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Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

December 25, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 142-138 on 2025-12-25 at home. The Nuggets started Tim Hardaway Jr., Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 10 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 27 points (11/21) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

DEN

Denver Nuggets 142

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokić GS	42:36	56	16	15	0	2	5	2	15-21	4-6	22-23	+15
Jamal Murray GS	42:26	35	2	10	0	1	4	3	12-32	9-18	2-3	+5
Peyton Watson GS	42:13	9	4	0	3	0	2	4	3-5	1-2	2-2	+15
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS	41:05	19	4	0	0	1	0	1	7-16	3-11	2-2	+4
Spencer Jones GS	40:52	12	8	1	2	0	2	4	5-10	2-5	0-0	+2
Bruce Brown	28:17	7	3	3	1	0	3	2	3-7	0-0	1-2	-6
Julian Strawther	11:49	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	+3
Jonas Valančiūnas	10:24	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	1-5	0-0	0-0	-9
Zeke Nnaji	5:17	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Totals		142	45	31	6	5	17	18	47-101	19-43	29-32

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Curtis Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 138

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	42:16	44	6	3	3	0	6	1	14-25	5-14	11-13	-17
Jaden McDaniels GS	39:31	21	4	4	0	2	3	5	9-12	1-3	2-2	+4
Julius Randle GS	39:25	32	7	6	3	1	2	4	12-22	2-7	6-7	-13
Donte DiVincenzo GS	34:10	6	8	8	2	1	0	6	2-11	0-7	2-2	+12
Rudy Gobert GS	33:59	9	12	0	0	6	0	6	4-7	0-0	1-2	+18
Naz Reid	28:12	13	6	3	0	0	1	3	5-13	2-7	1-1	-4
Bones Hyland	22:39	11	4	5	1	1	1	2	4-8	2-4	1-3	+7
Terrence Shannon Jr.	9:43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-5
Mike Conley	9:38	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-15
Jaylen Clark	5:21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Johnny Juzang	0:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		138	47	31	10	12	13	27	51-104	12-45	24-30

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 24.7 min
Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 11.0 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Peyton Watson 5.4 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji 3.1 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Bruce Brown · Julian Strawther · Spencer Jones 2.9 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 20.2 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 10.4 min
Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Bones Hyland · Terrence Shannon Jr 5.3 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Anthony Edwards · Terrence Shannon Jr · Jaylen Clark 4.4 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Bones Hyland 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Nuggets defense

Anthony Edwards 10 pts (3/8) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Peyton Watson (35 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Murray (23 %, 8 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (14 %, 0 pts)
Julius Randle 31 pts (12/18) in 83 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (47 %, 20 pts) · Spencer Jones (20 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Nikola Jokić	Julius Randle: 39 poss., 20 pts (8/10) · Rudy Gobert: 16 poss., 11 pts (3/5)
Peyton Watson	Anthony Edwards: 30 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaden McDaniels: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Murray	Jaden McDaniels: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Anthony Edwards: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/6)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Donte DiVincenzo: 38 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Anthony Edwards: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Naz Reid: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rudy Gobert: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Bruce Brown	Bones Hyland: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther	Bones Hyland: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonas Valanciunas	Rudy Gobert: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Jaden McDaniels: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Naz Reid: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Timberwolves defense

Nikola Jokić 27 pts (11/21) in 91 possessions

Guarded by: Julius Randle (33 %, 11 pts) · Rudy Gobert (31 %, 5 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (9 %, 0 pts)
Jamal Murray 20 pts (5/10) in 87 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (35 %, 2 pts) · Donte DiVincenzo (16 %, 4 pts) · Anthony Edwards (10 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Peyton Watson: 55 poss., 15 pts (5/10) · Spencer Jones: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/4)
Julius Randle	Spencer Jones: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Nikola Jokić: 30 poss., 11 pts (5/7)
Jaden McDaniels	Jamal Murray: 31 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Donte DiVincenzo	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 34 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Rudy Gobert	Nikola Jokić: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jonas Valanciunas: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid	Spencer Jones: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Bones Hyland	Bruce Brown: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley	Julian Strawther: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Terrence Shannon Jr	Julian Strawther: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Spencer Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Clark	Peyton Watson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)