Durant shot 5-of-18 in scoring 16 points, but Phoenix won its third straight game Wednesday in beating Minnesota in Durant's home debut.
Kevin Durant hardly slept in anticipating his Suns home debut, which was supposed to happen March 8 before he twisted his left ankle during a pregame workout at Footprint Center.
Phoenix stayed in that fourth playoff spot with a 107-100 victory over Minnesota that kept the Clippers and Warriors at bay and pushed the Timberwolves further away in the seventh spot.Devin Booker scored a team-high 29 points and Chris Paul posted 19 as all five Suns starters reached double figures.Here are five takeaways as the Suns will bring a three-game winning streak into Friday’s showdown against West leader Denver , winners of its last four games.
At one point in the first half, Durant was standing in the corner wide open and waving his hands but the ball never found him.Durant is a team guy, too. Makes the right play even if it means dropping a bounce pass to Bismack Biyombo, who should’ve caught the ball, and finished, but didn’t do either.
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