Minnesota Timberwolves Vs Phoenix Suns Live NBA Picks Live Match
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Phoenix (41-26) decided to hang onto the five-time All-Star and make a playoff push before revisiting his contract situation in the offseason.
Keeping Stoudemire couldn’t be working out any better, at least in the short term. He’s averaging 27.1 points since the All-Star break and has scored 30 in four of five games - with the exception a 29-point effort against the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Suns are a season-high 15 games over .500, and while they’re only two games ahead of eighth-place Portland, they’re also just two behind fourth-place Utah for home-court.
After Minnesota (14-53) visits US Airways Center, Phoenix hosts the Jazz and Trail Blazers to close a seven-game homestand.
The Timberwolves’ porous defense - they’ve given up 120 points 13 times - has been repeatedly exposed by Phoenix. Channing Frye(notes) had 25 points and Grant Hill(notes) and Jason Richardson(notes) added 23 apiece in a 120-112 Suns home win Nov. 1, and Richardson led the way with 22 in a 120-95 rout at the Target Center on Nov. 27.
While Stoudemire looks rejuvenated late in the season after missing the last 30 games of 2008-09, Minnesota is hoping for similar signs from Al Jefferson(notes).
The Timberwolves’ leading scorer tore his ACL shortly before the All-Star break a year ago, and he’s had an up-and-down 2009-10 while trying to regain the form that helped him average 21.8 points over the last two seasons.
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