Nuggets 103, Timberwolves 101 (OT)
NUGGETS 103, TIMBERWOLVES 101 (OT): Al Harrington came off the bench to score a season-high 31 points and host Denver snapped a three-game losing streak.
Arron Afflalo added 20 points, including the go-ahead basket and two free throws in the final 33.7 seconds, as the Nuggets beat Minnesota for the seventh consecutive time and improved to 17-1 in the last 18 meetings with the Timberwolves.
Rookie Kenneth Faried had 10 points and a season-high 14 rebounds to help injury-depleted Denver win for only the fourth time in its last 14 games.
The Timberwolves had their three-game winning streak snapped despite a seventh straight double-double from Kevin Love, who had 22 points and 13 rebounds.
Harrington scored the Nuggets' final seven points in regulation, including a tying 3-pointer with 1:39 to play that sent the game into overtime.
The Nuggets trailed by as many as 14 points in the second quarter before Harrington sparked a comeback by scoring 10 points in a 23-4 spurt to give Denver a 51-46 halftime lead
Harrington hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 15-3 run as Denver opened a 69-59 lead in the third, but Minnesota answered with 10 straight points to go ahead early in the fourth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic set a franchise record with his sixth straight game with at least five offensive rebounds. He broke the mark held by Love. ... Nuggets leading scorer Danilo Gallinari (left ankle sprain) missed his eighth straight game and forward Nene (calf) sat out his fifth in a row. Guard Rudy Fernandez (lower back strain) missed his second straight game.