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Nuggets falls to Timberwolves as Nikola Jokic, Julius Randle get ejected with seconds remaining

Nypost · · 341 words · By Associated Press
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“Ayo Dosunmu scored a career-high 43 points, stepping up after leg injuries to Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo with the highest-scoring playoff performance by a reserve in 50 years, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 112-96 on Saturday night.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Ayo Dosunmu scored 43 points, that this was a career-high performance, and that the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets 112-96. The claim regarding the 'highest-scoring playoff performance by a reserve in 50 years' is specific and appears in the context of multiple reports, suggesting corroboration from the gathered web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Illinois–Iowa rivalry is a college multi-sport rivalry between the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes. While the bordering-state schools compete against eac…
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“The Timberwolves took a 3-1 lead in the series in a game that ended with the ejections of Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Minnesota’s Julius Randle after Jokic became angry when Jaden McDaniels made a meaningless layup with 2.1 seconds remaining and confronted the Wolves’ swingman near his bench.”
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While the evidence confirms the Timberwolves and Nuggets rivalry and the involvement of Jokic and Randle, no independent sources corroborate the specific sequence of events: the 3-1 lead, the ejections, or the specific cause involving Jaden McDaniels and the layup. The evidence is limited to general context about the teams and players.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 NBA season was the 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2024, and ended on April 13, 2025. The NBA held an in-season tournament…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nikola Jokić ( YOH-kitch; Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јокић [nǐkola jôkitɕ] ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Jokić
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nuggets–Timberwolves rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Denver Nuggets and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following the relocation of the Minneapolis Lakers to Los…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuggets–Timberwolves_rivalry
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“The story before that was Dosunmu, who had the best performance by a sub since Fred Brown scored 45 off the bench for Seattle in a 116-111 loss to Phoenix on April 15, 1976.”
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The web search results contain the exact claim regarding Dosunmu's record and the comparison to Fred Brown's 1976 performance. However, no other independent sources corroborate this specific historical comparison, making it a single-source report within the provided evidence set.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2022 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition game played on February 20, 2022, during the National Basketball Association's 2021–22 season. It was the 71st edition of the NBA All-Star Game. The game w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Confe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of transactions that have taken place during the 2025 NBA off-season and the 2025–26 NBA season.
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“The Wolves have won the last three games and can end the series in Game 5 on Monday in Denver.”
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Two separate web search results confirm that the Timberwolves won the last three games and that the series could end in Game 5 on Monday in Denver. This fact is reported by different sources within the evidence set.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2022–23 season. The playoffs began on April 15 and concluded on June 12 with the Denver Nuggets winning the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a complete listing of National Basketball Association players who have scored 60 or more points in a regular season game. This feat has been accomplished 93 times in NBA history by 38 differe…
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“Dosunmu made 13 of 17 shots, including 5 of 5 from behind the arc, and all 12 of his free throw attempts, providing even more than the Wolves could have imagined when they acquired him from Chicago in February.”
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The specific shooting statistics (13 of 17 shots, 5 of 5 from three, 12 of 12 free throws) are reported in the web search results. However, the narrative context about acquiring him from Chicago in February is not corroborated by a second independent source, limiting the verdict to single_source based on the provided evidence structure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 Chicago Bulls season was the 58th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They failed to improve on their 40–42 record from 2022 to 2023, finishing 39–43 to …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Quamdeen Ayopo "Ayo" Dosunmu () (born January 17, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college bas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayo_Dosunmu
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“Naz Reid had 17 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, while Randle added 15 points and nine boards.”
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Two different web search results independently report the exact statistics: Naz Reid with 17 points and 9 rebounds, and Julius Randle with 15 points and 9 boards.
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web search NEUTRAL — Nazreon Hilton Reid is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers. Reid won the N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naz_Reid
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web search NEUTRAL — Naz Reid had 17 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, while Randle added 15 points and nine boards. Jamal Murray led Denver with 30 points.
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web search NEUTRAL — Naz Reid had 17 points and nine rebounds for Minnesota, while Randle added 15 points and nine boards. Jamal Murray led Denver with 30 points.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20260425…
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“Jamal Murray led Denver with 30 points. Jokic added 24 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets, who were just 6 for 27 (22%) from beyond the arc.”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm Jamal Murray scored 30 points, Jokic scored 24 points, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists, and that the Nuggets shot 6 for 27 (22%) from beyond the arc.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, going 16 of 16 from the free-throw line, and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets shook off a sluggish start to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116 ...
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/murray-scores-30-nuggets-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jamal Murray led Denver with 30 points. Jokic added 24 points, 15 rebounds and nine assists for the Nuggets, who were just 6 for 27 (22%) from beyond the arc.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/sports/nuggets-falls-to-timber…
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web search NEUTRAL — Denver pulled away for the 116-105 win at home to take a 1-0 lead in the most anticipated series of the first round. Game 2 is Monday night at 10:30 ET on NBC and Peacock. Jamal Murray led all scorers…
https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/behind-30-from-jamal-murr…
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“The Nuggets led by seven in the third quarter before the Timberwolves used their defense to get back into the game.”
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Two different web search results independently state that the Nuggets led by seven points in the third quarter before the Timberwolves reduced the deficit. This is corroborated by the context of the subsequent plays mentioned in the sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western C…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nuggets led by seven in the third quarter before the Timberwolves used their defense to get back into the game. Bones Hyland and Dosunmu scored breakaway layups on consecutive possessions after Mi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nuggets led by seven in the third quarter before the Timberwolves used their defense to get back into the game. Bones Hyland and Dosunmu scored breakaway layups on consecutive possessions after Mi…
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20260425…
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“Bones Hyland and Dosunmu scored breakaway layups on consecutive possessions after Minnesota forced the Nuggets to turn it over near halfcourt.”
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Although the web search results for this claim were provided, the evidence count and source citation section indicate that no relevant evidence was found in the provided evidence block for this specific claim, and no corroboration was established.
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“Randle added a steal and fast-break dunk to put the Wolves up by four after three quarters.”
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Similar to claim 8, no evidence was found in the provided evidence block to support this claim, despite the structure suggesting evidence gathering occurred.
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“Dosunmu had another steal and layup as part of a 9-0 run early in the fourth quarter that gave Minnesota a 95-82 lead.”
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“The basket that pushed the lead into double digits was a 3-pointer by 38-year-old Mike Conley, who played 20 minutes while filling in for DiVincenzo and Edwards.”
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