Wrap-Up: Brown gets first win as Knicks coach
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-15 09:33

Nuggets 102, Timberwolves 91

At Denver, DerMarr Johnson scored 17 points in his first start of the season and Marcus Camby had 18 points and 22 rebounds to help the Nuggets beat the Timberwolves.

Carmelo Anthony matched his season high with 23 points for the Nuggets, who played without Kenyon Martin while the starting forward rested his tender left knee, still hurting after offseason surgery.

Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 20 points. Kevin Garnett had 19 points and nine rebounds, but the Timberwolves fell behind by double digits late in the third quarter and never got closer.

Kings fined for Pistons-bashing pictures

NEW YORK - The Sacramento Kings were fined $30,000 by the NBA on Monday for showing derogatory images of Detroit on video screens prior to their home opener against the Pistons.

When the Pistons were introduced Nov. 8, the Arco Arena scoreboard flashed pictures of abandoned buildings, burned-out cars, piles of rubble and other negative images of Detroit. The Pistons won the game 102-88.

The Kings apologized that night and owners Joe and Gavin Maloof bought full-page ads that ran in The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press, expressing "great respect for Detroit's long and rich tradition as a landmark American city and the incredibly positive impact the Motor City has made over the course of our country's history."