Nuggets go ‘all hands on deck’ to keep series, season alive vs. Timberwolves

DENVER — With the season on the line, Denver Nuggets head coach David Adelman said pregame that Game 5 Monday night would be “all hands on deck.”

It wasn’t a smokescreen.

Playing down a man thanks to Aaron Gordon’s ailing calf, the Nuggets looked early and often to players whose previous roles in this series have varied from inconsistent to nonexistent.

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Spencer Jones starred. Cameron Johnson played his best game of the series. Jonas Valnciunas contributed. Tyus Jones played his first non-garbage time minutes of the series as the Nuggets played 10 deep.

The result was a 125-113 Nuggets win over the Minnesota Timberwolves