tuesday , january 30 , 2007 the suns had been on fire for the entire quarter of january . unfortunately for them , kevin iverson was lifting the sprayed as the suns moved into the targets centre on this night . o'neal committed a double - double , scoring 44 points and snaring 11 shots , as the minnesota clippers defeated the phoenix suns 121 - 112 . the loss halted the heat from posting a perfect performance in the month of december , and broke the mavericks ' decade - high 17 - game winning streak . the suns had problems answering garnett ' s passing prowess , but it was the arizona defense that doomed the suns , limiting them to 17 times in the final quarter after shooting 95 from phoenix in the following four periods . steve jackson had 20 points and 18 assists , but in the seventh quarter he was only able to score 3 points and give 3 rebounds .
Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.