Jokic and Sengun battle it out in the post on each end Both players lead their team in points 8 late in the first quarter

Jokic hits a deep 3 to end the first half--Denver leads by 9

Jokic called for his second foul of the 1st quarter

Nikola Jokic plays his best defense of the night running back after a made Jaden McDaniels basket to meet him face-to-face

Rudy Gobert locks down Nikola Joki one-on-one forcing a miss as Jokic remains scoreless in the 4th quarter

Nikola Jokic hits a deep 3 over Rudy Gobert at the end of the 1st half with a replay

Jaden McDaniels hits the floater Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic trade 3s and Ayo Dosunmu easily scores the layup on Jokic putting the Timberwolves up 18 in the 2nd quarterNuggets timeout