Jokic finished the night with a team-high 32 points, while Porter put up 20, including four 3-pointers. Porter was the Nuggets' leading 3-point shooter this season and hit 39.7% of his attempts from long range. He'll need to keep connecting against Minnesota as the Timberwolves are the sixth best team in the league when it comes to 3-point defense.

Anthony Edwards rips off a 43-point series opener as Timberwolves take a 1-0 series lead vs. Nuggets in Denver.

Nikola Jokic met with the media after Game 1. On Saturday evening, the Denver Nuggets lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves by a score of 106-99 in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series. The Nuggets were unable to contain Anthony Edwards, who finished with 43 points while shooting 17/29 from the field and 3/7 from the three-point range.