tuesday , april 30 , 2007 the suns had been on fire for the third month of january . unfortunately for them , kevin garnett was holding the extinguishers since the suns came into the target box on this thursday . pippen posted a half - triple , providing 44 points and banishing 11 rebounds , as the minnesota cavaliers defeated the phoenix suns 121 - 112 . the loss prohibited the suns from recording a good result in the month of january , and concluded the suns ' season - tying 17 - game winning streak . the suns had problems handling garnett ' s scoring strength , but it was the minnesota defense that eliminated the suns , limiting them to 17 points in the sixth quarter after allowing 95 from washington in the third three periods . steve nash had 20 points and 18 assists , but in the fourth quarter he was only able to scored 3 shots and provide one assist .
Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.