DENVER NUGGETS 116 (56-24), MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 107 (55-25)
April 10, 2024
TIMBERWOLVES NOTES
Player Notes
• Playing in his 300th career game, Anthony Edwards led the way for the Timberwolves tonight with 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting. Tonight marked Edwards’ 48th 25+ point game of the season and the 140th 25+ point game of his career. At 22 years 249 days old, only four players in NBA history have tallied more 25+ point games before turning 23 years old.
Player 25+ Point Games
LeBron James 209
Kevin Durant 188
Carmelo Antony 149
Luka Dončić 141
Anthony Edwards 140
• Edwards has now tallied 6,893 points in his first 300 career games. Edwards owns the franchise record for the most points scored in a player’s first 300 games. He also owns the record for the most three-pointers made in franchise history by a player in his first 300 games (789). Edwards joins LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Vince Carter as the only players since the 1983-84 season to score 6,500+ points/1,500+ rebounds/1,000+ assists/400+ steals in their first 300 games.
• Tonight was Edwards’ 27th 25+ point game on the road this season, giving him the most such games on the road in a single season in franchise history.
Player Season 25+ point Road Games
Anthony Edwards 2023-24 27
Kevin Love 2013-14 26
Karl-Anthony Towns 2017-18 20
• With his 25 points in tonight’s game, Edwards now has 2,022 points on the season, passing Kevin Love (2013-14; 2,010 points) for the second most points in a single season in franchise history.
• Edwards scored 15 of his 25 points in the third quarter, marking the 13th time this season he scored 15+ points in a quarter (49th career).
• Mike Conley added 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including 5-of-9 from deep, marking his 19th 15+ point game of the season (524th career) and his second consecutive and ninth 15+ point game with 5+ made threes this season (47th career). His nine 15+ point/5+ made three games are the ninth most such games in a single season in NBA history by a player aged 36 or older and it is the second time this season he has do so in consecutive games. Conley is one of just 10 players in NBA history to tally consecutive such games. No player has done so in three straight games.
• Including the playoffs, Conley has now made a three pointer against Denver in 26 consecutive games, the longest such streak against any opponent in his career.
• Rudy Gobert finished with 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting,15 rebounds and two steals, notching his 53rd double-double of the season (439th career). Tonight marked Gobert’s 23rd double-double of the season with 15+ rebounds (186th career). Since entering the league in the 2013-14 NBA Draft, only Andre Drummond (286 games) has had more career 15+ rebound double-doubles.
• Gobert had 11 points and 12 rebounds after three quarters, marking the 29th time this season he tallied a double-double through the first three quarters, the fifth most such games in the NBA this season.
• In grabbing five offensive rebounds, Gobert has now tallied 278 offensive rebounds this season, the third most offensive rebounds in a single season in franchise history.
Team Notes
• The Timberwolves finished the night shooting 50.0% (41-of-82) from the field, the 36th game this season they have shot 50.0% or better.
• Led by Conley’s five made-threes, the Wolves finished shooting 13-of-30 (43.3%) from three, marking the 51st game this season making 12+ threes. Minnesota is now 35-16 when doing so.
• Conley ended the night with one steal, giving him his 100th defensive stop (block or steal) of the season. For the first time in franchise history, the Wolves now have seven players with 100+ defensive stops in a single season.
(info courtesy of Wolves)
