sunday , january 30 , 2007 the suns had been on fire for the entire month of january . sadly for them , kevin stephon was holding the extinguisher when the flames came into the targets room on monday nights . garnett made a dual - double , scoring 44 points and snaring 11 shots , as the minnesota pistons defeated the tucson suns 121 - 112 . the loss barred the suns from posting a decent finish in the month of january , and ended the mavericks ' program - high 17 - game winning streak . the suns had problems answering billups ' s batting prowess , but it was the lakers defense that doomed the suns , limiting them to 17 points in the final second after allowing 95 from minnesota in the first three periods . steve ball had 20 points and 18 assists , but in the fourth quarter he was only able to score 3 steals and provide one extra .
Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.