During Wednesday night's thrilling contest between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets, an interaction between mascot Crunch the Wolf and a Nuggets fan went down that was absolutely hilarious.

Crunch approached a Nuggets fan and offered him a free jersey if he took the one he was wearing off. Unfortunately for this Denver fan, he surely got played by Crunch and was left shirtless.

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That's cold. Literally. Is someone going to lend this guy a sweater or at least some shirt before the game is over? Whether these types of skits are actually planned ahead of time or not, they are still pretty hilarious.

As for the game, the Timberwolves managed to fend off the Nuggets in a 128-125 overtime victory. Minnesota star forward Jimmy Butler had a game-high 39 points on 10-of-20 shots from the field and a whopping 16-of-18 from the charity stripe.

Timberwolves rising star Andrew Wiggins had 21 points of his own, while power forward Taj Gibson had 20 points and four rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns had an impressive night as well, as the University of Kentucky product had 14 points, a game-high 13 boards, six assists, and four blocked shots.