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Denver Nuggets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

March 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Nuggets 117-108 on 2026-03-01 on the road against the Nuggets. The Nuggets started Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, Julian Strawther, and Christian Braun. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 0 points (0/5) in his matchups, with Christian Braun as his primary defender. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 16 points (6/12) in his matchups, with Rudy Gobert as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DEN

Denver Nuggets 108

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jamal Murray GS	38:48	25	5	4	0	0	3	0	9-22	2-6	5-7	-7
Christian Braun GS	37:36	15	6	1	0	0	0	2	5-9	0-2	5-5	+2
Nikola Jokić GS	37:07	35	13	9	1	2	5	1	15-26	1-4	4-6	+4
Cameron Johnson GS	23:11	0	4	3	0	0	1	4	0-6	0-4	0-0	-13
Julian Strawther GS	16:56	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	0-0	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr.	33:30	17	3	1	0	1	0	0	5-6	3-4	4-7	-17
Bruce Brown	28:03	6	4	1	1	0	2	4	3-6	0-0	0-0	-12
Jonas Valančiūnas	9:36	2	5	0	0	1	1	1	0-1	0-0	2-2	-15
Jalen Pickett	6:25	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Zeke Nnaji	6:14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
DaRon Holmes II	1:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
KJ Simpson	1:17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		108	44	21	2	4	13	14	41-85	6-22	20-27

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 117

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	39:03	21	3	6	1	2	2	2	9-19	3-9	0-2	+2
Rudy Gobert GS	37:34	7	15	4	3	1	1	4	3-8	0-1	1-2	+12
Donte DiVincenzo GS	35:41	17	3	5	2	0	0	2	5-10	5-10	2-3	+3
Jaden McDaniels GS	32:43	20	1	3	1	0	2	4	9-12	0-3	2-2	+20
Julius Randle GS	32:06	14	9	7	1	1	3	2	5-12	1-3	3-5	+7
Naz Reid	26:07	11	6	2	1	1	2	3	5-11	1-5	0-1	-1
Ayo Dosunmu	21:11	9	2	4	2	0	3	2	4-6	1-2	0-0	+2
Bones Hyland	15:35	18	2	2	0	0	0	2	6-7	3-3	3-4	0
Totals		117	41	33	11	5	13	21	46-85	14-36	11-19

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jaylen Clark (DNP - Coach's Decision), Mike Conley (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Terrence Shannon Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Cameron Johnson · Julian Strawther · Christian Braun Starter 13.2 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Christian Braun 12.7 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Christian Braun 3.0 min
Jonas Valanciunas · Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji 2.8 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Nikola Jokić · Bruce Brown · Cameron Johnson · Christian Braun 2.8 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
Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland 6.6 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels 6.6 min
Rudy Gobert · Donte DiVincenzo · Naz Reid · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland 5.0 min
Rudy Gobert · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Ayo Dosunmu · Bones Hyland 4.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Nuggets defense

Anthony Edwards 0 pts (0/5) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Christian Braun (30 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (19 %, 0 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (13 %, 0 pts)
Julius Randle 12 pts (5/9) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Nikola Jokić (36 %, 6 pts) · Cameron Johnson (26 %, 0 pts) · Bruce Brown (9 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Donte DiVincenzo: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Bones Hyland: 11 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Jamal Murray	Jaden McDaniels: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Ayo Dosunmu: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Christian Braun	Anthony Edwards: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 17 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jokić	Rudy Gobert: 31 poss., 14 pts (6/9) · Julius Randle: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Bruce Brown	Anthony Edwards: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Naz Reid: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Cameron Johnson	Julius Randle: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Julian Strawther	Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Anthony Edwards: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas	Rudy Gobert: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett	Bones Hyland: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Julius Randle: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Zeke Nnaji	Naz Reid: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden McDaniels: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
KJ Simpson	Donte DiVincenzo: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II	Anthony Edwards: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Timberwolves defense

Nikola Jokić 16 pts (6/12) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: Rudy Gobert (41 %, 2 pts) · Julius Randle (27 %, 7 pts) · Anthony Edwards (13 %, 5 pts)
Jamal Murray 18 pts (8/12) in 67 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (28 %, 4 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (24 %, 5 pts) · Donte DiVincenzo (15 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Christian Braun: 32 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Nikola Jokić: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Rudy Gobert	Nikola Jokić: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonas Valanciunas: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Donte DiVincenzo	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Strawther: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid	Bruce Brown: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle	Nikola Jokić: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/5) · Cameron Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jaden McDaniels	Jamal Murray: 19 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Ayo Dosunmu	Jamal Murray: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland	Bruce Brown: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)