The Timberwolves were down both Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert against the Nuggets, meaning they were going to need one of their best nights of the season to come out with a victory against two-time MVP Nikola Jokic
In a game that trudged along thanks to the officials calling 46 fouls, the Wolves fell to the Nuggets 122-118.
Thanks to the whistle-happy officials, the Wolves were able to limit Jokic's minutes by getting him in foul trouble during the second and third quarters. That enabled the Wolves to take a 95-88 lead into the fourth quarter. But Jokic stayed on the floor during the fourth quarter, and the Nuggets chipped away at the Wolves until they took a 120-118 lead on a Jamal Murray floater with 55.