DENVER — There’s no more waiting your turn in today’s NBA, no more requisite suffering a team must endure before reaching elite status.
Windows open and close quicker than anyone could expect, so if there’s an opportunity for the taking, you’d better take it.
And the Minnesota Timberwolves shook off nerves, first-half lethargy and even 20 years of generational ineptitude to not only cement themselves as a bonafide championship contender but to knock off the defending champion Denver Nuggets — on their home floor in a Game 7, and coming back from a 20-point deficit to do so.