DENVER – The rigors of the NBA can be unforgiving.
The Timberwolves were on an eight-game losing streak and their best player, Karl-Anthony Towns, missed his second consecutive game because of a knee injury.
The Wolves embarked on a four-game road trip Friday night having to overcome Towns’ injury to snap the losing streak in the building of one of the best teams in the Western Conference.
The effort was there, but the execution wasn’t. The Timberwolves lost to the Denver Nuggets 109-100 at Pepsi Center, extending their losing streak to nine with a visit to Portland on tap Saturday.