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Live from Denver: Timberwolves take down defending champion Nuggets with second half explosion

The Timberwolves and Nuggets played Game 7, the deciding game of their NBA Western Conference semifinal series, in Denver on Sunday night. Staff writer Chris Hine provided live updates from Ball Arena:

Score updates and in-game boxscore: Tap here

9:30 p.m.: Nuggets bow out in glorious moment for Wolves

For 20 years, Game 7 of the 2004 second round series in which the Timberwolves beat the Kings stood as the franchise's shining moment.

It finally got some company Sunday, as this Wolves team, 20 years to the day of that previous victory, came through with a performance that will echo through team history with a 98-90 Game 7 comeback victory over the defending champion Nuggets at Ball Arena.