--Minnesota scored 31 points in the first quarter, the Wolves' most to open a game since scoring 33 against Sacramento on Oct. 29 -- opening night.
--Saturday's loss was the 11th of the season for Minnesota, the fifth by seven points or more. --Minnesota shot 45.6 percent from the field Saturday, the first time all season the team shot over 45 percent and lost. It had been 4-0.
--Minnesota is just one of five NBA teams to never have had a 40-point scorer against the Nuggets, joining Cleveland, Indiana, New Orleans and New York.
--The Wolves have now lost seven in a row to Denver.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "They just decided to turn it up and we didn't. We didn't match their energy." -- Timberwolves F Al Jefferson, on Denver getting to the free-throw line 23 more times than Minnesota on Saturday.
