Karl-Anthony Towns is fun, distracts from Wolves loss to Nuggets (Ball Don’t Lie)

The Minnesota Timberwolves have not been very good lately. Tuesday's 112-100 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Target Center marked their seventh defeat in eight games, and the lone win of that bunch came in overtime against the woeful Los Angeles Lakers. A time in the early-season playoff mix has fallen to 9-15 and looks headed for a rough few months on its way to the lottery. That's not a terrible outcome for the Wolves given preseason expectations, but they have many questions to answer without a permanent head coach and clear system in place for the future. [ Follow Dunks Don't Lie on Tumblr: The best slams from all of basketball] It's hard to get too down on Minnesota, though, because No. 1 overall pick Karl-Anthony Towns hasn't stopped looking like the Rookie of the Year frontrunner and a future star. Towns put up 18 points on minimal attempts (5-of-7 FG) in a quality display vs. the Nuggets, but two plays from the third quarter emphasized why everyone is so excited about his talent. First, take a look at this no-look pass that created a trip to the foul line for Kevin Garnett: Just a few minutes later, Towns followed a missed three-pointer with this acrobatic dunk over two...