MINNEAPOLIS – In the end, confetti floated down from the Target Center rafters – the most ominous of signs. The Nuggets did their best to dodge it on the way out, but its meaning was inescapable. The season was over. Music blared for the home fans, who lingered after the Timberwolves outlasted the Nuggets 112-106 in overtime on Wednesday night.
The Nuggets had to live with the result. They had their best season in five years, going 46-36 to improve their record from a year ago by six games, and winning six straight games down the stretch to set up the winner take all contest in Minneapolis.