Ayo Dosunmu Torches Denver; Injury-Hit Wolves Maul Toothless Nuggets In Game 4

Last Updated:April 26, 2026, 09:23 IST

Ayo Dosunmu’s 43-point explosion exposed a lifeless Nuggets side, who wasted a golden chance against an injury-hit Wolves team before a petty late scuffle capped the embarrassment.

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost Anthony Edwards to a hyperextension and saw Donte DiVincenzo wheel out with a suspected Achilles injury — all before halftime.

So, Game 4 was there for the taking. There couldn’t have been a better window for the Denver Nuggets to steal a game and go home happy.

But of course, fairy tale endings don’t come to life in Minnesota — and Ayo Dosunmu made sure of that tonight.

Ayo Runs Riot

The mid-season addition from the Chicago Bulls tore Denver apart and ripped them a new one.

Dosunmu exploded for a career-high 43 points as the Timberwolves mauled the Nuggets in a ruthless 112-96 win, to take the 3-1 series lead.

After a solid 25-point showing in Game 3, Dosunmu came out of halftime and completely flipped the game on its head. Pull-ups, drives, transition buckets — everything was falling.

And the Nuggets? They had no answers.

Jokic, Murray Go Missing When Needed The Most… Again

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray surely filled up their box scores — Jokic put up 24-25-9, while Murray added 30-5-5.

It’ll look neat. It’ll mean absolutely nothing.

The Serbian was inefficient, passive, and, most damningly, overrun yet again. The Wolves bullied him, hunted him, and made him look ordinary — holding him to an abysmal 8-of-22 shooting split. Murray? Just as ineffective, if not worse — posting a horrific 10-25 himself.

Meanwhile, the rest of the backcourt struggled and the offense stalled, meaning whatever momentum they built heading into halftime (when they were up by four) vanished in minutes.

Injury-hit Wolves Bite Back

Minnesota, missing its entire starting backcourt, played with more structure, more hunger, more intent.

Julius Randle (15) and Naz Reid (17) did their jobs. But this was about attitude, and the Wolves had it in abundance. The Nuggets? Not even close.

Down big, outplayed, and outworked, Denver still somehow found a way to make things worse.

When Jaden McDaniels scored late with mere seconds on the clock, breaking an unwritten rule, Jokic snapped. What followed was a petty, needless scuffle that ended with his ejection in the dying seconds.

That’s what it came to. A tantrum.

The Nuggets now trail 3-1, heading back to Denver with their credibility in tatters.

They wasted a golden opportunity, got outplayed by a depleted team, and capped it off with a moment that made the whole night look even smaller.

At this point, Game 5 isn’t about survival anymore. It’s about saving face.

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