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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets

November 15, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Timberwolves 123-112 on 2025-11-15 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Nuggets started Tim Hardaway Jr., Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, and Peyton Watson. Nikola Jokić (Nuggets) scored 9 points (3/4) in his matchups, with Julius Randle as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 2 points (1/3) in his matchups, with Peyton Watson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Julius Randle GS 38:09 26 6 8 2 0 2 4 9-17 1-5 7-7 -4
Anthony Edwards GS 37:56 26 8 6 3 2 3 2 8-23 0-8 10-12 0
Donte DiVincenzo GS 34:09 11 5 1 0 0 2 3 4-11 1-6 2-2 -23
Jaden McDaniels GS 32:46 15 4 3 2 2 0 5 7-15 1-3 0-0 -18
Rudy Gobert GS 23:10 4 6 0 0 3 4 4 2-3 0-0 0-0 -22
Naz Reid 31:07 19 6 3 1 0 1 6 7-11 4-7 1-2 +7
Mike Conley 24:53 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-5 1-3 0-0 -4
Jaylen Clark 11:06 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 +5
Rob Dillingham 6:44 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1-2 1-1 0-0 +4
Totals 112 40 23 9 7 13 27 41-88 10-34 20-23

Did not play: Joan Beringer (DNP - Coach's Decision), Bones Hyland (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Johnny Juzang (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jamal Murray GS 38:36 23 6 12 1 0 3 0 9-22 1-6 4-6 +6
Nikola Jokić GS 37:10 27 12 11 2 1 6 4 8-15 3-6 8-8 +3
Aaron Gordon GS 35:43 23 10 1 2 2 1 5 8-15 4-6 3-4 +33
Peyton Watson GS 34:04 12 3 0 2 1 1 3 5-11 0-1 2-4 +11
Tim Hardaway Jr. GS 29:29 23 3 1 0 1 0 0 6-8 5-6 6-6 +18
Bruce Brown 30:05 7 6 1 0 0 0 2 1-7 1-2 4-4 +3
Spencer Jones 17:19 2 0 1 2 0 1 3 0-0 0-0 2-2 -11
Jonas Valančiūnas 11:30 6 6 2 0 1 0 2 2-3 0-0 2-4 +4
Julian Strawther 6:04 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 -12
Totals 123 47 29 9 6 12 19 39-83 14-29 31-38

Did not play: Zeke Nnaji (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jalen Pickett (DNP - Coach's Decision), Hunter Tyson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DEN
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Anthony Edwards Peyton Watson: 36 poss., 6 pts (1/3) · Nikola Jokić: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Aaron Gordon: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Nikola Jokić: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Donte DiVincenzo Tim Hardaway Jr.: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden McDaniels Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rudy Gobert Nikola Jokić: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Naz Reid Aaron Gordon: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Peyton Watson: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Mike Conley Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylen Clark Bruce Brown: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Murray: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Nuggets defense

Defender Guarded most
Jamal Murray Jaden McDaniels: 20 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Nikola Jokić Julius Randle: 31 poss., 6 pts (1/1) · Rudy Gobert: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Aaron Gordon Julius Randle: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naz Reid: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Peyton Watson Anthony Edwards: 25 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tim Hardaway Jr. Donte DiVincenzo: 19 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Jaden McDaniels: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bruce Brown Anthony Edwards: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Rob Dillingham: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Strawther Mike Conley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rob Dillingham: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonas Valanciunas Rudy Gobert: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones Naz Reid: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)