West Semifinals - Game 5
DEN leads series 3-2
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56-26, 26-15 away
97
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
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MIN | 26 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 97 |
DEN | 28 | 22 | 38 | 24 | 112 |
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57-25, 33-8 home
112
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Rudy Gobert blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 4-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
- Jamal Murray makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 12-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 24-foot step back jumpshot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes alley oop layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Justin Holiday assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
- Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Jamal Murray misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Jamal Murray misses driving layup
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Aaron Gordon 's 2-foot driving layup
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Christian Braun 's 1-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes finger roll layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk
- Christian Braun makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Christian Braun makes 1-foot layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Christian Braun misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 4-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray misses layup
- Jamal Murray makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 10-foot two point shot
- Michael Porter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses layup
- Rudy Gobert blocks Aaron Gordon 's 1-foot dunk
- Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon misses driving layup
- Aaron Gordon makes tip shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot layup (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Aaron Gordon misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Aaron Gordon misses 17-foot jumper
- Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot two point shot (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes driving layup (Aaron Gordon assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
- Aaron Gordon makes layup (Jamal Murray assists)
- Jamal Murray misses two point shot
- Christian Braun misses 1-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels blocks Christian Braun's tip shot
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 26-foot three point shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses driving floating jump shot
- Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes three point jumper (Christian Braun assists)
- Nikola Jokic makes dunk (Jamal Murray assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Christian Braun makes 25-foot step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Gordon makes 15-foot two point shot (Christian Braun assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Nikola Jokic makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jamal Murray makes 16-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Jamal Murray makes 9-foot two point shot
- Jamal Murray makes two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
- Nikola Jokic misses 16-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Kyle Anderson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Nikola Jokic blocks Kyle Anderson 's 3-foot two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Kyle Anderson assists)
- Michael Porter Jr. blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 2-foot driving floating jump shot
- Christian Braun blocks Anthony Edwards 's 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Monte Morris makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Monte Morris misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 14-foot two point shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 16-foot two point shot
- Monte Morris makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Monte Morris misses driving floating jump shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 6-foot two point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Christian Braun blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 4-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot step back jumpshot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Jaden McDaniels makes 6-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes dunk
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses 14-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Monte Morris assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot two point shot (Monte Morris assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Monte Morris makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 14-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes driving layup
- Monte Morris misses 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
- Naz Reid makes 1-foot dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes driving dunk (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 5-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes 3-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rudy Gobert assists)
- Naz Reid makes two point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Naz Reid misses 13-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes 11-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
TIMBERWOLVES
NUGGETS
TIME | PLAY | MIN | DEN | |
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12:00 | Rudy Gobert vs. Nikola Jokic (Aaron Gordon gains possession) | 0 | 0 | |
11:41 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 15-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 0 | 2 | |
11:22 | Jaden McDaniels makes dunk (Rudy Gobert assists) | 2 | 2 | |
11:05 | Rudy Gobert blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 4-foot two point shot | 2 | 2 | |
11:03 | Michael Porter Jr. offensive rebound | 2 | 2 | |
10:56 | Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot | 2 | 2 | |
10:52 | Jamal Murray offensive rebound | 2 | 2 | |
10:52 | Jamal Murray makes tip shot | 2 | 4 | |
10:35 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jaden McDaniels assists) | 5 | 4 | |
10:08 | Jamal Murray misses 18-foot two point shot | 5 | 4 | |
10:06 | Anthony Edwards defensive rebound | 5 | 4 | |
9:56 | Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot | 5 | 4 | |
9:54 | Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound | 5 | 4 | |
9:47 | Michael Porter Jr. misses 12-foot two point shot | 5 | 4 | |
9:45 | Anthony Edwards defensive rebound | 5 | 4 | |
9:34 | Jaden McDaniels traveling | 5 | 4 | |
9:26 | Aaron Gordon offensive foul | 5 | 4 | |
9:26 | Aaron Gordon turnover | 5 | 4 | |
9:11 | Michael Porter Jr. blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 12-foot pullup jump shot | 5 | 4 | |
9:08 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker offensive rebound | 5 | 4 | |
9:00 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 4-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists) | 7 | 4 | |
8:37 | Timberwolves Full timeout | 7 | 4 | |
8:37 | (08:37) [Timberwolves] COACH'S CHALLENGE (CALL OVERTURNED) [Timberwolves] retain their timeout | 7 | 4 | |
8:37 | Jaden McDaniels blocks Michael Porter Jr. 's 24-foot step back jumpshot | 7 | 4 | |
8:37 | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 7 | 4 | |
8:35 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes alley oop layup (Aaron Gordon assists) | 7 | 6 | |
8:19 | Aaron Gordon shooting foul | 7 | 6 | |
8:19 | Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2 | 8 | 6 | |
8:19 | Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2 | 8 | 6 | |
8:17 | Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound | 8 | 6 | |
8:04 | Justin Holiday enters the game for Aaron Gordon | 8 | 6 | |
7:53 | Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot two point shot | 8 | 8 | |
7:42 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists) | 11 | 8 | |
7:22 | Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul | 11 | 8 | |
7:22 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 11 | 9 | |
7:22 | Nikola Jokic misses free throw 2 of 2 | 11 | 9 | |
7:20 | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 11 | 9 | |
7:06 | Justin Holiday shooting foul | 11 | 9 | |
7:06 | Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2 | 12 | 9 | |
7:06 | Anthony Edwards misses free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 9 | |
7:04 | Michael Porter Jr. defensive rebound | 12 | 9 | |
6:45 | Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot | 12 | 11 | |
6:33 | Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists) | 15 | 11 | |
6:20 | Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot driving dunk | 15 | 13 | |
5:58 | Karl-Anthony Towns misses 22-foot three point jumper | 15 | 13 | |
5:56 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound | 15 | 13 | |
5:49 | Michael Porter Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Justin Holiday assists) | 15 | 16 | |
5:24 | Anthony Edwards misses driving layup | 15 | 16 | |
5:22 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 15 | 16 | |
5:17 | Rudy Gobert shooting foul | 15 | 16 | |
5:17 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 2 | 15 | 17 | |
5:17 | Naz Reid enters the game for Rudy Gobert | 15 | 17 | |
5:17 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 2 of 2 | 15 | 18 | |
5:00 | Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot | 18 | 18 | |
4:51 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists) | 18 | 21 | |
4:37 | Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper | 18 | 21 | |
4:37 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound | 18 | 21 | |
4:23 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 26-foot three point jumper | 18 | 21 | |
4:20 | Timberwolves defensive team rebound | 18 | 21 | |
4:06 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope personal foul | 18 | 21 | |
4:06 | Kyle Anderson enters the game for Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 18 | 21 | |
3:54 | Justin Holiday shooting foul | 18 | 21 | |
3:54 | Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2 | 18 | 21 | |
3:54 | Timberwolves offensive team rebound | 18 | 21 | |
3:54 | Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2 | 19 | 21 | |
3:37 | Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot | 19 | 21 | |
3:34 | Kyle Anderson defensive rebound | 19 | 21 | |
3:26 | Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper | 19 | 21 | |
3:24 | Nikola Jokic defensive rebound | 19 | 21 | |
3:14 | Justin Holiday misses 26-foot three point jumper | 19 | 21 | |
3:12 | Timberwolves defensive team rebound | 19 | 21 | |
3:12 | Christian Braun enters the game for Justin Holiday | 19 | 21 | |
2:59 | Kyle Anderson makes 15-foot pullup jump shot | 21 | 21 | |
2:33 | Naz Reid blocks Nikola Jokic 's 7-foot two point shot | 21 | 21 | |
2:30 | Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound | 21 | 21 | |
2:25 | Naz Reid misses 24-foot three point jumper | 21 | 21 | |
2:22 | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope defensive rebound | 21 | 21 | |
2:14 | Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot two point shot (Michael Porter Jr. assists) | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Naz Reid shooting foul | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Nuggets Full timeout | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Justin Holiday enters the game for Michael Porter Jr. | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Reggie Jackson enters the game for Jamal Murray | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Rudy Gobert enters the game for Jaden McDaniels | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns | 21 | 23 | |
2:14 | Nikola Jokic makes free throw 1 of 1 | 21 | 24 | |
2:02 | Anthony Edwards lost ball turnover (Nikola Jokic steals) | 21 | 24 | |
1:58 | Reggie Jackson kicked ball turnover | 21 | 24 | |
1:40 | Kyle Anderson out of bounds bad pass turnover | 21 | 24 | |
1:23 | Christian Braun steps out of bounds turnover | 21 | 24 | |
1:23 | Karl-Anthony Towns enters the game for Rudy Gobert | 21 | 24 | |
1:12 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 27-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists) | 24 | 24 | |
52.1 | Reggie Jackson makes 8-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 24 | 26 | |
41.1 | Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot | 24 | 26 | |
39.0 | Kyle Anderson offensive rebound | 24 | 26 | |
37.1 | Nikola Jokic blocks Kyle Anderson 's 3-foot two point shot | 24 | 26 | |
35.1 | Justin Holiday defensive rebound | 24 | 26 | |
31.0 | Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) | 24 | 28 | |
13.0 | Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving layup | 24 | 28 | |
13.0 | Timberwolves offensive team rebound | 24 | 28 | |
12.1 | Peyton Watson enters the game for Justin Holiday | 24 | 28 | |
10.1 | Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot two point shot (Kyle Anderson assists) | 26 | 28 | |
2.1 | Nickeil Alexander-Walker personal foul | 26 | 28 | |
2.1 | Michael Porter Jr. enters the game for Peyton Watson | 26 | 28 | |
2.1 | Jaden McDaniels enters the game for Naz Reid | 26 | 28 | |
0.1 | Nikola Jokic misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot | 26 | 28 | |
0.1 | Nuggets offensive team rebound | 26 | 28 | |
0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 26 | 28 |
MIN @ DEN Videos
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Ant Edwards after Jokic's dominant Game 5: 'I just laugh'
Ant Edwards after Jokic's dominant Game 5: 'I just laugh'
DEN leads 3-2
Game Information
Ball Arena
8:00 AM, 15 May 2024
Denver, CO
Attendance: 19,992
- Referees:
- Bill Kennedy
- Ed Malloy
- John Goble
2023-24 Northwest Standings
Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City | 57 | 25 | .695 | - | W5 |
Denver | 57 | 25 | .695 | - | W1 |
Minnesota | 56 | 26 | .683 | 1 | L1 |
Utah | 31 | 51 | .378 | 26 | L1 |
Portland | 21 | 61 | .256 | 36 | L5 |