DENVER — With every swing of momentum, every swell in the crowd at Ball Arena — and every Karl-Anthony Towns outburst at that crowd — the stakes felt like they grew higher with each minute Friday night in Denver.
The Nuggets could almost eliminate the Wolves from a chance at the No. 6 seed with a victory while the Wolves needed a win to keep those small hopes alive.
Despite the emotional atmosphere, or perhaps because of it, the Wolves came away with a 136-130 victory to move within two games of the Nuggets and clinch the tiebreaker over them with four games remaining.
