Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game 5 live score, updates, highlights from 2026 NBA playoffs first-round series

You can count on one hand and won't need all your fingers to count the number of teams who have come back to win a series after going down 3-1. The Nuggets have an opportunity to just that. 

After winning the Game 1 matchup by 11, Denver would go onto drop their next three games against Minnesota. The Timberwolves held the Nuggets to under 120 points in those losses. However, the Timberwolves will be without star wing Anthony Edwards, arguably a top 10 player in the league. 

Denver won Game 5 on another great Nikola Jokic performance (27/12/16). The Nuggets got almost 90 points from four of their starters. If Minnesota is to close out this series on Thursday night, they will need another big offensive game from Julius Randle (27/9 in game 5) and Rudy Gobert will need to try to slow down Jokic' offensive production. 

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Nuggets vs. T-Wolves live updates, highlights from Game 6 of NBA playoffs

Major loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves lineup tonight: Guard Ayo Dosunmu is out in Game 6 against the Denver Nuggets due to a calf injury, sources tell ESPN.

How to Watch Denver Nuggets (2-3) vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (3-2) Game 5 NBA Playoffs

Thursday, April 30

Tip-off: 9:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN 
Minnesota leads the series 3-2 

Nuggets vs Timberwolves Game 6 will be broadcast by ABC on ESPN and will stream live on the ESPN app.

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