Suns 113 - 111 Timberwolves
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Suns pay a visit to Minnesota

Jan 7, 2015 - 2:56 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - The Minnesota Timberwolves hope to stop a 12-game losing streak Wednesday versus the Phoenix Suns in the finale of a four-game homestand at Target Center.

The Timberwolves are winless in the last six games in the Twin Cities and the losing trend continued with Monday's 110-101 loss to the Denver Nuggets.

Gorgui Dieng led Minnesota with 22 points and 12 rebounds, and rookie Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points for his fourth game of at least that total.

"I thought our guys played hard," said T-wolves acting coach Sam Mitchell, who took over for an ill Flip Saunders. "I thought we challenged shots. I thought we moved the ball, and like we've done a lot this year, we'd go through droughts of five or six minutes where we just don't score."

Minnesota trailed 62-41 at halftime and was down by a 94-71 score late in the second half. The Wolves are now 1-27 when allowing 100 or more points.

After hosting the Suns, Minnesota will pay a visit to Milwaukee.

The Suns got their four-game road trip off to a good start with a 102-96 victory against the Bucks on Tuesday.

Markieff Morris finished with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and Isaiah Thomas scored 19 points off the bench for Phoenix, which has won three in a row and nine of its last 11 games. The Suns shot 45.7 percent and had 20 turnovers.

"It wasn't the prettiest game," Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. "There were a lot of turnovers and a lot of missed shots, but we got it going a little bit in the second half, scoring 59 points. We played more like we were capable of playing."

Phoenix has scored 100-plus points in nine straight games and will also visit San Antonio and Memphis on this road swing.

The Suns and Wolves will play the first of four meetings, and Phoenix went 2-1 in this series a season ago. Phoenix is 13-5 in the past 18 contests in this series and has won eight of its last 10 games at Target Center.






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