Michael Malone alters rotation, readies for playoffs as Nuggets blow out Timberwolves

Playoff mode activated. After hinting pregame that he’d alter his rotation Tuesday night against the Timberwolves, Michael Malone followed through, debuting a playoff-ready eight and a half man lineup in the Nuggets’ 133-107 win over the Timberwolves. The biggest change to Malone’s lineup? No Isaiah Thomas, who found himself out of Denver’s rotation for the first time since his Nuggets…