NBA playoffs: Timberwolves vs. Nuggets Game 7 updates, score, highlights, analysis

This game 7 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets could be an all-timer. It is not just the crucial game in a hotly contested series between two incredibly talented teams, the storylines around this matchup have made it even more convincing.

The nuggets are a machine. This is the sixth year in a row in which you made it into the playoffs and you are the defending champions. The duo of Jamal Murray and the three -time MVP Nikola Jokić is borderline. As a franchise you are 4: 3 in game 7, but this core group of players is 3: 1. You have the experience and talent.

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But don't look now that Timberwolves are coming. You did the playoffs for three years in a row. Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns come to their own. The mood is flawless. You even made Rudy Gobert likeable!

That may not be over to overcome the nuggets, but the Timberwolves have a different thing on their side for game 7: history. Sunday is the 20th anniversary of the 83:80 game of Minnesota against the Sacramento Kings in the second round, in which the birthday children Kevin Garnett scored 32 points with 21 rebounds, five blocks and four steals.

Will a Timberwolves player turn into a KG-like performance that lifts you over the nuggets? Or will the experience of Jokić and Co. Minnesotas run? Follow all actions of game 7 below.