Nuggets Vs. Timberwolves: Love Conquers All, Minnesota Crushes Denver
Kevin Love is pretty good at basketball. He had a monster game to lead the Timberwolves past the Nuggets.
Denver
Nuggets
100
Denver
Nuggets
100
| Final - 3.25.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Nuggets | 20 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 100 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 33 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 117 |
Stories
Open Thread: NCAA Hoops and more
Big college hoops night. Let's get some talk going! Go 'Cuse?! Go Ohio State?!
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Nuggets at Jazz recap: Second half collapse, horrific loss
The Nuggets got flat out embarrassed in Utah, just one night after the Jazz flew home from Sacramento after beating the Kings in a 103-102 dogfight. Denver didn't put up a fight, outside of Arron Afflalo's elbow to Gordon Hayward's face, and got laughed off the floor 121-102.
Nuggets at Jazz: Second Half Thread
The Nuggets once again have their work cut out for them, down eight at the half ... come talk about the game here.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 20 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 100 |
| Minnesota | 33 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 117 |
| Denver | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Chandler | 32 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2-0 | 12 |
| Kenneth Faried | 30 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 6-1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 17 |
| Timofey Mozgov | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Corey Brewer | 33 | 2-8 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Ty Lawson | 37 | 5-14 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Al Harrington | 24 | 3-9 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 9 |
| Andre Miller | 25 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 14 |
| JaVale McGee | 25 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 11-3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Jordan Hamilton | 16 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Chris Andersen | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Julyan Stone | 3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Arron Afflalo | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Kosta Koufos | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Danilo Gallinari | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Rudy Fernandez | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 41-81 | 3-15 | 15-22 | 42-11 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 18-2 | 100 | |
| .506 | .200 | .682 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 1 (10 pts) | |||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Johnson | 18 | 2-9 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Derrick Williams | 17 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Kevin Love | 44 | 11-19 | 1-4 | 7-7 | 21-7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2-0 | 30 |
| Martell Webster | 25 | 4-13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Luke Ridnour | 36 | 9-14 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 25 |
| Michael Beasley | 22 | 5-15 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 11 |
| Anthony Tolliver | 34 | 4-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5-0 | 10 |
| Wayne Ellington | 28 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Malcolm Lee | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Darko Milicic | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Brad Miller | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| J.J. Barea | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Anthony Randolph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nikola Pekovic | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ricky Rubio | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 45-99 | 12-35 | 15-15 | 42-18 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 19-0 | 117 | |
| .455 | .343 | 1.000 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 0 (11 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Bill Spooner, Tre Maddox, Sean Wright
Duration:2:18
Officials: - Bill Spooner, Tre Maddox, Sean Wright
Duration:2:18
