Can the Minnesota Timberwolves somehow stop the Denver Nuggernauts?

Can the Minnesota Timberwolves somehow stop the Denver Nuggernauts?

While I hate to rely on blind faith and unfounded optimism for the answer to that question, it is all that I have to offer for this one. I had not pie-in-the-sky dreams of a huge Timberwolves win, but I must admit that I expected a far more competitive game. Was it fatigue? Was it a lack of oxygen from the altitude?  Was the game scheduled too late to get prime-time Timberwolves production?

Whatever the answer is, the Timberwolves have less than 58 hours remaining to troubleshoot, identify the problem, and get it fixed before the same two teams step onto the basketball court once more.

Throughout the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves have gone from red hot to ice cold, and then, just as all hope was about to be extinguished. the team roared back to life once more.

The Timberwolves did beat the Nuggets twice

These two teams split their four-game series in the regular season. While one victory came against a Jokic-less Nuggets lineup, the other win fell to the shorthanded Timberwolves. In that win, Anthony Edwards was the top scorer in the game with 29 points, but the Wolves got some huge offensive performances from Jaden McDaniels (21 points, out), Kyle Anderson (19 points), and Jaylen Nowell (17 points).

That can happen once more. But it will only occur if the Timberwolves ignore the pomp and ceremony and focus on the task at hand. It was that punch from Gobert to Anderson that helped the team to focus well enough to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Should the Timberwolves roster stage an airing of grievances, perhaps an impromptu Festivus, to refocus this team again?