On a night full of hugs, celebrations and high-powered offense, the Denver Nuggets got back to winning ways with a 128-116 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. The win secured a sweep of the season series for the Nuggets, who used a balanced scoring attack to fuel their success. In their returns to Pepsi Center Malik Beasley finished with 17 points and eight rebounds while Juancho Hernangomez contributed seven points and four rebounds for Minnesota.
Denver came out of the gates firing on all cylinders offensively. The Nuggets went 8 of 8 from the field in the first five minutes of the game which helped propel them to an early 21-12 lead.