IMPACT PLAYER
Karl-Anthony Towns, Wolves
Towns again battled around foul trouble to score 32 points to go with nine rebounds.
BY THE NUMBERS
30 Wolves points off 17 Denver turnovers.
62 Points in the paint for the Nuggets.
49 Bench points for Minnesota, with Taurean Price scoring 16 and Malik Beasley 15.
STANDINGS UPDATE
With four games left, the Wolves (44-34) can finish no worse than seventh in the West. If they finished seventh, they would need to win one of two home games in the play-in tournament to advance to the playoffs. They can avoid the play-in tournament by finishing sixth, and they could finish as high as third
The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year pleaded for accountability, saying players need to be benched if they don’t give their all on defense.
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