Denver Nuggets head coach Mike Malone sneered at a reporter who asked him how he felt after his team got eliminated in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Sunday night. The shocking loss occurred at Denver’s Ball Arena, where the Nuggets \– the defending NBA champs — blew a 20-point second-half lead en route to a 98-90 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. During his postgame news conference, Malone got visibly irritated with questions about his team’s collapse. “What changed defensively for you guys after you went up 20 in the second half?” a reporter asked. “Our offense,” the coac…
