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Arron Afflalo
Nuggets edge Twolves, 106-102

DENVER The Minnesota Timberwolves lost their seventh consecutive game and 13 of their last 14 in the last month, 106-102 at Denver on Friday. They led by five points with fewer than six minutes left and lost by four points on a night when free throws particularly crucial ones down the stretch once again doomed them. They missed one of two shots five times in the final 2:19 once by Thad Young, twice each by Andrew Wiggins and by Gorgui Dieng in a game decided in the final minute. Dieng's last miss with 18.7 seconds left kept the Wolves one point behind at 102-101 after the Nuggets had turned things with a 10-2 run that took them from five points behind into a 96-93 lead with fewer...