mondays , january 30 , 2007 the mavericks had been on top for the past month of january . unfortunately for them , kevin szczerbiak was clutching the extinguisher when the sun stepped into the focus center on monday nights . garnett recorded a double - double , contributing 44 points and snaring 11 rebounds , as the minnesota mavericks defeated the phoenix heat 121 - 112 . the win prevented the suns from posting a poor record in the calendar of january , and started the suns ' season - high 17 - games winning streak . the suns had problems answering garnett ' s offensive prowess , but it was the minnesota play that stopped the suns , allowing them to 17 points in the sixth quarter after allowing 95 from phoenix in the first three periods . steve miller had 20 points and 18 assists , but in the fourth time he was only allowed to make 3 points and provide one assist .
Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.