The game between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will take place at Ball Arena on Wednesday, April 19 at 10:00 PM ET.
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The Denver Nuggets will welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Ball Arena for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Denver Nuggets won 109-80 in their last game over the Timberwolves. Jamal Murray overcame some early jitters to have 24 points and eight assists in his first playoff game since the 2020 NBA bubble as the top-seeded Denver Nuggets routed the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-80 Sunday night. “Murray was Murray,” Wolves point guard Chris Conley said. “He’s one of the better scorers, playmakers, from our position.”
Michael Porter Jr., who scored 18 points in his first playoff game since missing last year’s run with a bad back, said Murray used his time off after blowing out his left knee in 2021 to improve his basketball IQ. “I told him the other day I feel like he’s better now than before the injury,” Porter said. “I know he probably doesn’t feel it, but just his overall game, his awareness, he had like a year off where he had to just watch.”
Porter scored 18 points and Nikola Jokic added 13 points, 14 rebounds and a half dozen assists in 28 minutes as Denver snapped a five-game skid in playoff openers — and became the only higher seed to win on its homecourt Sunday. Both Porter and Murray started off slow offensively, so they turned up their defense, diving for loose balls and crashing the glass until they found their shooting touch.
The Minnesota Timberwolves on the other hand lost 109-80 against the Nuggets in their last game. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 18 points. Karl-Anthony Towns, who was rounding into form this month after missing 52 games with a bad calf, missed 10 of his first 12 shots and finished with 11 points. “It’s the NBA. It’s not forgiving. Just things happen,” Towns said. “They did a great job, give them credit.
They had a long week preparing for us and they got ready and you could tell on the court they knew our plays and knew what they’re doing. So we’ve just got to come back ready for Game 2. It’s a series — just move on, flush it and get ready.” Minnesota coach Chris Finch lamented Denver’s tougher physicality and better control. “Way more physical than we were,” he said. “They played with more speed, more force, they kicked our butts in every category that you possibly can imagine.”
Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Minnesota Timberwolves: Karl-Anthony Towns, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Rudy Gobert, Anthony Edwards, Mike Conley Jr.
Denver Nuggets: Nikola Jokic, Collin Gillespie
Minnesota Timberwolves: Rudy Gobert, Jaylen Nowell , Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid
The game between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will take place at Ball Arena on Wednesday, April 19 at 10:00 PM ET.
The match between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves will be telecast live on Altitude, TNT, Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Altitude, TNT, Bally Sports North, Fox Sports North. | April 19 (10:00 PM ET) |
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