DENVER — Whether the Minnesota Timberwolves are a bad matchup for the Denver Nuggets is still to be determined. Nuggets coaches and players refused to cede that big a point Wednesday night after the Wolves walked into Ball Arena and dog-walked Denver 115-95 before a sellout crowd.

The Timberwolves’ 115-95 win was their fifth in a row over the Nuggets dating back to last postseason, which includes Minnesota’s 20-point comeback in Game 7 of the second-round series. Minnesota has held the Nuggets under 105 points in four of those games and won by 20 or more points in three of those games.