TRANSACTION · MLBRockies: Reinstated LF Mickey Moniak from the 10-day IL (Jun 22)
TRANSACTION · MLBBraves: Agreed to terms with C Sandy León on a minor league contract (Jun 22)
TRANSACTION · MLBRays: Sent RF Austin Slater outright to Durham (IL) (Jun 22)
TRANSACTION · WNBAMercury: Signed G Shay Ciezki to a player development contract (Jun 22)
TRANSACTION · NHLOilers: Signed Connor Murphy to a five-year contract (Jun 22)
TRANSACTION · NFLBills: Waived RB Desmond Reid from injured reserve (Jun 22)
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FINAL+16MIN
DEN

DEN

54-28

96112
MIN

MIN

49-33

NBASat, Apr 25FinalSeriesDEN wins series 3-1VegasDEN -1.5
Game flowDEN MIN

Biggest swing: 9pp · 2nd Quarter · 9:03

NBA · Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves · final

NBA · Box scoreTRACKING

Final
box score. Tap a column header to sort by that stat; tap again to reverse, a third time to clear. The team leader in each stat is highlighted. Players who did not play are listed at the bottom.
Player
Starters
2394-111-5-710
2793-61-22-4-1222
41248-220-38-8-12159
423010-253-77-7-1355
3482-41-13-4-951
Bench
00000
2500-20-2-1440
28103-100-64-5+152
2163-70-2-1412
00000
Team9633-876-2824-283821
DNP: Z. Nnaji, J. Valanciunas, T. Jones, J. Strawther

Stat compare

Headline stats · full table below

38

FG %

44

21

Ast

22

Team stats

DEN

Away

Stat

MIN

Home

33-87

fieldGoalsMade-fieldGoalsAttempted

39-89

38

FG %

44

6-28

threePointFieldGoalsMade-threePointFieldGoalsAttempted

9-25

24-28

freeThrowsMade-freeThrowsAttempted

25-26

21

Assists

22

10

Turnovers

12

Playoff series

MIN leads series 3-1

Apr 18MINMIN105@DENDEN116
Apr 21MINMIN119@DENDEN114
Apr 24DENDEN96@MINMIN113
Apr 26DENDEN96@MINMIN112today
Apr 28MINMIN113@DENDEN125
May 1DENDEN98@MINMIN110

Model & market

Vegas line center

DraftKings via ESPN · 21+

Spread

DEN -1.5

Between and 5

Total

228.5

Standard · +2.5 vs avg

Moneyline

DENDEN-11854%
MINMIN-10250%

Implied probabilities back-computed from American odds — break-even win % a moneyline bet needs to be +EV.

Line movement · 16 snapshots

ESPN-tracked · 21+

Spread

1.5

0.0 since open

Total

228.5

0.0 since open

How it ended

MIN beat DEN 112-96. A. Dosunmu led the way with 43 points and 4 rebounds. MIN outscored the other side 30-18 in the 4th quarter.

Last play

End of Game

Win probability

MIN vs DEN

0255075100Q2Q3Q4

Starters vs bench

production by unit
DENDENstarters 83% of pts

Starters(5)

80 PTS · 28 REB · 17 AST

GS 58

Bench(5)

16 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST

GS 13

MINMINstarters 32% of pts

Starters(5)

36 PTS · 35 REB · 8 AST

GS 23

Bench(6)

76 PTS · 15 REB · 14 AST

GS 68

Clutch moments · top swings

ranked by WP impact
DEN1st Quarter · 4:39 · 15-15
+8pp50% WP

Christian Braun · makes 24-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)

MIN2nd Quarter · 9:03 · 28-27
+9pp44% WP

Jaden McDaniels · lost ball turnover

DEN3rd Quarter · 6:59 · 63-65
+8pp44% WP

Julius Randle · misses driving layup

Linescore (quarters)

Team1234T
DEN2331241896
MIN22283230112

Period scoring

DEN won 2 · MIN won 2

23
22

Q1

Jokic 10

Dosunmu 6

31
28

Q2

Murray 9

Dosunmu 10

24
32

Q3

Murray 6

Randle 12

18
30

Q4

Murray 11

Dosunmu 15

DEN
MIN

Shooting comparison

DEN
MIN

38%

33-87

FG

44%

39-89

21%

6-28

3PT

36%

9-25

86%

24-28

FT

96%

25-26

Play-by-play · 502 plays

period
event
player
  1. Q4·0.0

    End of Game

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  2. Q4·0.0

    End of the 4th Quarter

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  3. Q4·0.1

    Nuggets offensive team rebound

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  4. Q4·1.3

    Nikola Jokic ejected

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  5. Q4·1.3

    Julius Randle ejected

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  6. Q4·1.3

    Bruce Brown misses heave jump shot

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  7. Q4·1.3

    Jalen Pickett enters the game for Jamal Murray

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  8. Q4·1.3

    Cameron Johnson enters the game for Nikola Jokic

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  9. Q4·1.3

    DaRon Holmes II enters the game for Christian Braun

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  10. Q4·1.3

    Bones Hyland enters the game for Julius Randle

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  11. Q4·1.3

    Terrence Shannon Jr. enters the game for Jaden McDaniels

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  12. Q4·1.3

    (00:01.3) [Nuggets] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL REPLAYCENTER)

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  13. Q4·2.1

    Jaden McDaniels makes layup (Mike Conley assists)

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 112

  14. Q4·8.9

    Mike Conley defensive rebound

    DEN 96·MIN 110

  15. Q4·10.4

    Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot

    DEN 96·MIN 110

  16. Q4·17.5

    Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 2 of 2

    DEN 96·MIN 110

  17. Q4·17.5

    Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 1 of 2

    DEN 96·MIN 109

  18. Q4·17.5

    Spencer Jones personal take foul

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  19. Q4·27.7

    Spencer Jones enters the game for Cameron Johnson

    · ·

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  20. Q4·27.7

    Bruce Brown enters the game for Tim Hardaway Jr.

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  21. Q4·27.7

    Kyle Anderson enters the game for Rudy Gobert

    ·

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  22. Q4·27.7

    Timberwolves Full timeout

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  23. Q4·27.7

    Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2

    DEN 96·MIN 108

  24. Q4·27.7

    Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2

    DEN 95·MIN 108

  25. Q4·27.7

    Rudy Gobert personal foul

    DEN 94·MIN 108

  26. Q4·33.0

    Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 2 of 2

    DEN 94·MIN 108

  27. Q4·33.0

    Ayo Dosunmu makes free throw 1 of 2

    DEN 94·MIN 107

  28. Q4·33.0

    Christian Braun personal take foul

    DEN 94·MIN 106

  29. Q4·38.3

    Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound

    DEN 94·MIN 106

  30. Q4·42.5

    Nikola Jokic misses 23-foot three point jumper

    DEN 94·MIN 106

Betting line

DEN -1.5·O/U 228.5·DEN -118/MIN -102

DraftKings · via ESPN

Recap · NBA

innesota Timberwolves held off Denver Nuggets, 112–96.

MIN +1.5 cashed (DEN lost outright). Total stayed UNDER 228.5 by 20.5.

ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page

NBA TRACKING · Tonight’s standouts

5 of 15 players in cohort
  • Nikola JokicDEN · C
    TOUCHES12399+
  • Rudy GobertMIN · C
    CONT1299+
  • Jamal MurrayDEN · G
    TOUCHES82.297
  • Anthony EdwardsMIN · G
    USG%31.397
  • Aaron GordonDEN · F
    CONT6.790

Model ensemble · how the prediction is built

3 sub-models, blended.

Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.

38.2%

ensemble · DEN favored

  • Elo Static

    fallback · inputs missing

    50.0%

    P(MIN win)

    33%

    weight

  • Elo Recent

    fallback · inputs missing

    50.0%

    P(MIN win)

    34%

    weight

  • Pace Efficiency

    fallback · inputs missing

    50.0%

    P(MIN win)

    33%

    weight

Disagreement

0.00 pp

weighted σ across sub-models

Confidence

100% · high

maps from disagreement

Substrate count

0 / 3 active

ones with full inputs tonight

Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.

Player projections

MIN vs DEN.

Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.

175

projections · 150 high confidence

Points

  • Nikola JokicDEN
    26.6± 7.0high
  • Jamal MurrayDEN
    24.2± 8.1high
  • Anthony EdwardsMIN
    23.7± 9.4high

Rebounds

  • Nikola JokicDEN
    12.5± 3.1high
  • Rudy GobertMIN
    10.1± 3.9high
  • Naz ReidMIN
    7.1± 1.4high

Assists

  • Nikola JokicDEN
    9.7± 4.5high
  • Jamal MurrayDEN
    6.4± 1.9high
  • Ayo DosunmuMIN
    3.9± 3.1high

Blocks

  • Rudy GobertMIN
    1.4± 1.2high
  • Joan BeringerMIN
    1.1± 2.1high
  • Nikola JokicDEN
    1.0± 1.0high

Steals

  • Bruce BrownDEN
    1.3± 1.5high
  • Nikola JokicDEN
    1.3± 1.7high
  • Donte DiVincenzoMIN
    1.2± 1.3high

Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands

Matchup · 2026

Team rate stats vs league

hoopR-data

DEN

DEN

league avg

MIN

MIN

57.2%

Effective FG%

54.4

55.1%

49.2%

FG%

47.0

47.6%

121.1

PPG

114.9

116.8

28.7

Assists / G

25.0

25.7

12.1

Turnovers / G

14.0

14.0

Data via ESPN · hoopR