The Wolves, who trailed by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, stormed back to knock out the defending champion Nuggets in Game 7.
DENVER — Minneapolis is going to party like it’s 2004. For the first time in two decades, the Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the Western Conference finals.
The Wolves, who trailed by as many as 20 points in the third quarter, stormed back to dethrone the defending champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in Game 7 on Sunday night.
With Minnesota’s 22-year-old breakout star, Anthony Edwards, struggling through a 6-for-24 shooting night, Wolves four-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns turned in the most impressive performance of his nine-year career.
Towns, the franchise’s No. 1 pick in 2015 and the longest tenured member of the team, scored 23 points with 12 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot. More importantly, he gave about as effective a one-on-one defensive effort against Denver’s three-time MVP, Nikola Jokic, as anyone could be expected to give.
