Denver Nuggets – Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 10 November 2019

DEN100–98MIN

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 16 times

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ MIN winsDEN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when MIN leads and falls when DEN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Jokić decided it, the Denver Nuggets player with the most points (20, with 6 rebounds and 7 assists; -2 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Torrey Craig's (+13). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Minnesota Timberwolves 98-100 Denver Nuggets (November 10, 2019) was hit by Nikola Jokić: a jump shot with 3.3 s left in overtime, putting the Denver Nuggets up 100-98. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Minnesota Timberwolves 98-100 Denver Nuggets (November 10, 2019) was a 18-0 run by the Minnesota Timberwolves between the fourth quarter and overtime, from 74-90 to 92-90. The Denver Nuggets' best was a 11-0 run in the third quarter (from 3:17 to 51.0 s), from 65-63 to 76-63.

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Play: Nikola Jokic makes 15-foot two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Nikola Jokić decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 3.3 seconds left in overtime 1, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 8 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Jokić decided

▸See where these figures come from

A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

10 November 2019 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401160774:805; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Denver Nuggets

Nikola Jokić deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 73 games.
He ranks 22 of 352 in the league.
Jamal Murray recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 24 of 352 in the league.
Gary Harris deflected 2.6 passes per game over his 56 games.
He ranks 33 of 352 in the league.

Minnesota Timberwolves

Karl-Anthony Towns contested 13.9 shots per game over his 35 games.
He ranks 6 of 352 in the league.
Robert Covington deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 8 of 352 in the league.
Gorgui Dieng drew 0.24 charges per game over his 63 games.
He ranks 10 of 352 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have won 74 of their 176 games against the Denver Nuggets.

74-102record of the Minnesota Timberwolves · NBA 1989-90 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1989-90 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

13.553

75.2% of capacity

Target Center · Minneapolis

Scoring

198

combined points

25.6 below the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

35 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:00.9

Mason Plumlee → Josh Okogie

Plumlee (DEN) makes contact to the body of Okogie (MIN) during his shooting motion that affects his jump shot attempt.

Violation: Kicked Ball · 00:31.8

Karl-Anthony Towns → Nuggets

Towns (MIN) extends his foot and initiates contact to the ball in a distinct kicking motion, interfering with the pass' progress.