Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson taught the young Minnesota Timberwolves a couple of lessons about life in the NBA in their first game without Kevin Garnett.

Minnesota outplayed Denver for most of Friday night but couldn't come up with the big shots down the stretch, and Anthony scored 33 points to rally the Nuggets to a 99-91 victory.

"We kept our composure," Anthony said. "We never got rattled, even though they were up by (13)."