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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

October 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 127-114 on 2025-10-27 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and Jaden McDaniels. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Cameron Johnson, and Christian Braun. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 20 points (9/17) in his matchups, with Rudy Gobert as his primary defender. Julius Randle (Timberwolves) scored 18 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender.

Box score

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

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Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 114

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 35:26 25 3 1 0 4 2 1 10-16 1-3 4-4 -13
Julius Randle GS 34:33 24 7 3 2 1 2 4 8-15 1-4 7-8 -5
Donte DiVincenzo GS 29:53 12 3 4 1 0 1 2 3-10 3-8 3-3 -7
Rudy Gobert GS 26:27 8 5 1 1 2 1 4 3-7 0-0 2-2 -18
Mike Conley GS 25:39 10 3 4 1 1 0 0 3-8 1-3 3-3 -2
Naz Reid 27:21 18 7 2 1 1 2 4 7-12 2-6 2-4 0
Terrence Shannon Jr. 25:14 9 3 1 1 0 1 2 3-8 1-3 2-3 -11
Bones Hyland 15:37 4 2 1 0 0 2 2 1-6 1-5 1-2 -4
Rob Dillingham 12:03 4 0 2 1 0 3 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 -5
Johnny Juzang 2:46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Leonard Miller 2:46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Joan Beringer 2:15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 114 33 19 8 9 14 22 40-85 10-32 24-29

Did not play: Jaylen Clark (DND - Injury/Illness), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 127

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 37:13 43 6 3 0 0 2 2 16-29 5-9 6-7 +30
Nikola Jokić GS 36:08 25 19 10 2 1 3 4 9-10 0-0 7-7 +17
Aaron Gordon GS 32:49 9 3 3 0 0 2 3 3-10 0-2 3-3 +8
Christian Braun GS 27:29 7 3 2 2 0 0 1 3-9 1-3 0-0 -1
Cameron Johnson GS 18:56 5 2 2 0 0 2 5 2-5 1-3 0-0 -14
Tim Hardaway Jr. 31:37 20 1 3 0 0 0 2 7-11 4-6 2-2 +25
Peyton Watson 24:42 12 2 1 1 2 1 0 4-6 2-2 2-2 +14
Bruce Brown 13:24 2 5 0 0 0 1 3 1-4 0-0 0-0 0
Jonas Valančiūnas 10:18 4 4 0 0 1 1 3 1-3 0-0 2-4 0
Julian Strawther 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Hunter Tyson 1:25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
DaRon Holmes II 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Jalen Pickett 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -2
Zeke Nnaji 1:25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Spencer Jones 0:20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Totals 127 46 24 5 4 12 24 46-88 13-26 22-25

Lineups

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Starting lineup

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Who guarded whom

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

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Jaden McDaniels Christian Braun: 18 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Julius Randle Aaron Gordon: 29 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Nikola Jokić: 14 poss., 6 pts (3/5)
Donte DiVincenzo Tim Hardaway Jr.: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Christian Braun: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Peyton Watson: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Aaron Gordon: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rudy Gobert Nikola Jokić: 34 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jonas Valanciunas: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Terrence Shannon Jr Tim Hardaway Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nikola Jokić: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mike Conley Jamal Murray: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Christian Braun: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland Aaron Gordon: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Peyton Watson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Jamal Murray: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang Tim Hardaway Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Nikola Jokić: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Zeke Nnaji: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Leonard Miller Aaron Gordon: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Jaden McDaniels: 31 poss., 13 pts (5/7) · Bones Hyland: 13 poss., 7 pts (3/7)
Nikola Jokić Rudy Gobert: 28 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Julius Randle: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Aaron Gordon Julius Randle: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Naz Reid: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Christian Braun Mike Conley: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Peyton Watson Naz Reid: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Terrence Shannon Jr: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cameron Johnson Mike Conley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bruce Brown Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jonas Valanciunas Rudy Gobert: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Julius Randle: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji Joan Beringer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Leonard Miller: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Pickett Bones Hyland: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Johnny Juzang: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DaRon Holmes II Leonard Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther Johnny Juzang: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bones Hyland: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Hunter Tyson Terrence Shannon Jr: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Johnny Juzang: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones