Minnesota Timberwolves have approached the season with a different mindset after the All-Star break being one of the best teams in the NBA during that stint.
In an important matchup against the Denver Nuggets, the Timberwolves showed how hungry they are to reach to the playoffs for the first time in almost five years.
Karl-Anthony Towns scored 32 points and the Timberwolves overcame Nikola Jokic’s 38-point, 19-rebound performance in a 136-130 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.
The biggest storyline of the night was of course the battle between two of the best bigs in the league. Towns started the game strong.
Towns (6 for 6) was perfect from the field in the first quarter and swished both of their free throws in the opening quarter giving the blueprint for the rest of the team.
”I think we’ve shown multiple times we’re a playoff team and I think we also shown that we’re not a joke,” Towns said, via NBA.com.
”This is the real deal Holyfield. Tonight was just another night with the chips all on the table – and for both teams. They even played their MVP 44 minutes.”
The Timberwolves improved to 3-1 against their opponents, and they gave themselves a chance to avoid a play-in scenario. Minnesota is 2.0 games behind the sixth-seeded Nuggets, who fell a half-game behind Utah in the Northwest Division.
”I think both teams showed that we were all into winning this game and we both understood the magnitude of this game and the importance. We just came out and found a way to win in their home,” Towns stated.
Minnesota has four games remaining for the regular season, and they have secured their participation in the play-in tournament.
The three of their last four will be at home against Washington, San Antonio and Chicago. Before the last three-game home stand, they will visit Houston.
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