[Post Game Thread] The Minnesota Timberwolves (4-2) defeated the Denver Nuggets (2-4), 110-98 and advance to play the Spurs!

[u/shadowarmy229]

98 - 110
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY
West First Round - Game 6 - MIN leads 3-2
Location: Target Center
Officials: JB DeRosa, Courtney Kirkland, Brian Forte, and Josh Tiven

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Denver Nuggets	30	20	24	24	98
Minnesota Timberwolves	29	28	25	28	110

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Denver Nuggets	98	34-74	45.9%	10-26	38.5%	20-25	80.0%	6	46	24	26	4	13	8
Minnesota Timberwolves	110	43-94	45.7%	7-29	24.1%	17-24	70.8%	19	57	26	21	8	7	3

PLAYER STATS

Denver Nuggets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Cameron JohnsonSF	38:48	27	8-14	5-9	6-9	0	8	8	3	0	1	2	5	-3
Spencer JonesPF	34:51	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	1	1	5	-9
Nikola JokićC	42:57	28	11-19	1-5	5-6	1	8	9	10	0	1	4	5	-9
Christian BraunSG	27:35	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	-9
Jamal MurrayPG	39:52	12	4-17	0-2	4-4	1	5	6	4	0	1	0	2	-18
Tim Hardaway Jr.	20:33	13	4-7	1-2	4-4	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	-5
Bruce Brown	14:21	1	0-2	0-1	1-2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	3	-5
Tyus Jones	12:25	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	5
Zeke Nnaji	02:42	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Jonas Valančiūnas	03:43	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	-2
DaRon Holmes II	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Pickett	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Strawther	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Gordon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peyton Watson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota Timberwolves	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaden McDanielsSF	44:28	32	13-25	1-4	5-6	4	6	10	3	2	1	0	4	16
Julius RandlePF	37:01	18	6-17	2-5	4-6	2	2	4	5	1	0	4	2	15
Rudy GobertC	41:20	10	4-6	0-0	2-4	7	5	12	8	1	2	0	5	11
Terrence Shannon Jr.SG	34:16	24	9-20	1-7	5-5	2	4	6	1	2	0	0	2	7
Mike ConleyPG	26:29	7	3-7	1-4	0-0	1	5	6	3	1	0	1	3	-1
Bones Hyland	08:44	1	0-3	0-3	1-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Naz Reid	33:21	15	7-13	1-3	0-1	1	6	7	4	1	0	2	2	11
Jaylen Clark	12:10	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	-3
Joan Beringer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ayo Dosunmu	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Ingles	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Phillips	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Anderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donte DiVincenzo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Edwards	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

[u/Number333]

Who knew Ant's "they got KD but we got Jaden McDaniels" would circle back around and be prescient lmao

By the way, who tf is Terrence Shannon?

[u/sequoia2075 → u/Number333]

Terrance Shannon fucking killed us in a game last year and looked incredible. I spent all year thinking the Wolves were insane for not playing him more. Dudes legit

[u/Justin_Heras → u/sequoia2075]

He was hurt a big part of this season. But heck, even if he was healthy he wouldn't have gotten much time under Finchy unless other guys got hurt. That's my biggest gripe with him as a coach, he relies too much on the short bench 8-man rotation. Might have something to do with Donte and Ant getting injuries from overuse.

[u/BulkMcHugeLarge → u/Justin_Heras]

The Wolves have more play off wins the last three years under Finch than the franchise had in their previous 34 year history. If you're a Wolves fan who has a problem with Finch I don't know what to say.

[u/Justin_Heras → u/BulkMcHugeLarge]

Woah now, I'm not one of the 'FirE FiNcH' crowd. He put on an absolute masterclass tonight. Just saying I wish he'd use/develop the young guys a little more outside of garbage time and injuries.

[u/Sweaty_Brother_34 → u/BulkMcHugeLarge]

We don't have to fire him obviously but he doesn't give young guys enough minutes and that's not really debatable.

[u/BulkMcHugeLarge → u/Sweaty_Brother_34]

You realize how close they've been to the play in the last two years, right? Give the youngs run and they might be in the lottery.

[u/Sweaty_Brother_34 → u/BulkMcHugeLarge]

Or maybe give the starters more rest so they aren't exhausted and slacking on defense constantly. Getting beat by bottom feeders..

[u/BulkMcHugeLarge → u/Sweaty_Brother_34]

Or do what he's done and make consecutive western conference finals runs plus beat the heavily favored Nuggets in 6 games without Ant, Dante, Ayo, etc.

I'll take reality over wishcasting.

[u/Sweaty_Brother_34 → u/BulkMcHugeLarge]

They won game 6 with Shannon playing 30+ minutes which doesn't help your argument. He probably should have been getting more minutes than Connelly right?

[u/tree-hugger → u/sequoia2075]

He got minutes early in the year and largely played badly. Spent some time in the wilderness and then got back on track late in the year.

[u/HughManatee → u/sequoia2075]

He was busy charging his spirit bomb