DENVER (AP) — Franchise-shifting changes could be in store for the Denver Nuggets after their first-round flop against the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves.The third-seeded Nuggets roared into the playoffs on a 12-game winning streak and took care of Minnesota in Game 1, only to blow a 19-point lead in a Game 2 loss and they never regained the momentum against the more athletic and physical Timberwolves.The Nuggets led the league in scoring with a 122-point average during the season and only twice did they fail to crack 100 points, a number the Wolves denied them three times at home in the series that ended with Minnesota’s 110-98 win in Game 6 on Thursday night.Denver’s All-Star duo of Nikola Jokic, who started out slow in the series, and Jamal Murray, who shot just 4-of-17 in Game 6, accepted responsibility for the loss.So did David Adelman, who completed his first full year as head coach with a first-round exit after leading Denver into a seven-game second-round loss to eventual champion Oklahoma City a year ago. “This is on me,” Murray said.“I needed to play better,” Jokic said. 2 MIN READ 2 MIN READ 2 MIN READ Jokic insisted Adelman wasn’t to blame for
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