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had 26 points and 19 rebounds, and the Denver Nuggets completed a late rally to win their 12th in a row against Minnesota, beating the Timberwolves 93-91 on Saturday night.made a layup to break an 89-all tie with 2:04 to play, and Jokic added a pair of free throws to give the Nuggets a four-point lead, their largest of the game.Karl-Anthony TownsMalik BeasleyIt capped a wild 24 hours for Denver, which beat Dallas 106-75 a night earlier and didn't arrive in Minneapolis until about 4 a.m.
On their last gasp, the Wolves had a 3-on-1 fast break with the home crowd ready to roar. But Barton hustled back on defense to swat Beasley, who had energized Minnesota's fans earlier with his long-range shooting.Beasley scored all of his 18 points on 3-pointers. “Good teams find a way to win,” Malone said. “Last night it was a blowout. Tonight it was a grind-it-out slugfest. But at the end of the day, we’re 4-2, we’ve won two games in a row and this was a division game. These games matter.”The Wolves got just 14 from Towns. Minnesota’s big man shot 4 of 11 from the floor and had only eight rebounds.
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