Nuggets visit Wolves without Karl
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03/10/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Without their head coach patrolling the sidelines, the
Denver Nuggets will start up a four-game road trip tonight against a Minnesota Timberwolves team hoping to end a string of six straight losses when it takes
the Target Center court.
The Nuggets enter this late-season trek, which also includes stops in New
Orleans, Memphis and Houston, with George Karl remaining in Denver to undergo
treatment for neck and throat cancer. The accomplished head coach hopes to be
back behind the bench when the Nuggets visit the Hornets on Friday.
Denver will also be without leading rebounder Kenyon Martin due to a bout with
tendinitis in his left knee. The former No. 1 overall pick has sat out the
team's last two contests with the condition, but the Nuggets didn't seem to
miss a step in either game, backing up a 122-114 home victory over Indiana on
Friday with Sunday's 118-106 decision over Portland at the Pepsi Center.
Carmelo Anthony led the way with 30 points against the Blazers and J.R. Smith
added 22 for Denver, which shot a sizzling 58.9 percent from the field to cap
a perfect three-game homestand. Chauncey Billups contributed 21 points to the
winning effort.
"To beat a team like [Portland] with basically having an 8-to-10 point lead
most of the night is a great win for us," said Karl afterward.
The win kept the Nuggets at the top of the Northwest Division, with Utah
lurking just one game off the pace in second place. Denver also trails
Southwest leader Dallas by only one game for the No. 2 playoff seed in the
Western Conference.
Denver will also likely be without rookie point guard Ty Lawson for a fifth
straight outing because of a bruised left shoulder, while assistant coach
Adrian Dantley is expected to take over Karl's duties for tonight's tilt.
The Nuggets may not need their full complement of players to handle the lowly
Timberwolves, who occupy the basement of the West with a 14-50 record and
extended their current slide with Monday's 125-112 setback to Dallas.
"Too many turnovers against a great team like that," said Minnesota's Al
Jefferson in reference to his club's 26 giveaways. "They feed off turnovers."
Jefferson was one bright spot for the Timberwolves, with the standout forward
racking up 36 points on 15-of-21 shooting while pulling down 13 rebounds. He
had sat out Minnesota's previous two games due to a suspension for a recent
DUI arrest.
The Timberwolves continue a four-game homestand that began with Saturday's
112-98 loss to Houston. Minnesota has lost its last six tests as the host and
is just 9-23 at the Target Center this season.
Denver has won 11 of the last 12 meetings between these teams, including two
of three matchups held this season, and is 5-0 over its last five trips to
Minneapolis.
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4 and drove in
a pair of runs, and Barry Bonds nearly hit homer No. 751 as San Francisco beat
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6) allowed five hits and one run over 6 2/3 innings, fanning
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