Phoenix may have finally put an end to questions with a 104-88 win over Minnesota today. The team has had its ups and downs recently, with some off-the-field incidents involving key players ruining the team's focus. Dupree was at the center of the controversy, after being arrested for weapon violations just three days ago. His legal problems were sorted out quickly, but the attention drawn to the incident received more news than today's game against Minnesota. Dupree let his play do the talking today, helping his team put the unfortunate incident behind him with a solid game. "Definitely nice to be asked about a game MVP performance than about an arrest," he said later on.

Phoenix was led by Dupree (28 points, 6 boards, 2 assists, 2 blocks), Virtue (14 points, 2 assists, a block), Fripp (18 points, 2 assists). Minnesota was led by Patterson (12 points, 9 boards, 0 assists, a block), Lundy (22 points), Prince (5 points, 6 boards, 7 assists, a steal).

With this victory, Phoenix improve to 29-35 and 18-16 at home. They stay at #3 in the Pacific and improve to #10 overall in the Western Conference. After this loss, Minnesota fall to 29-35. They remain at #5 in the Northwest and move down to #11 overall in the Western Conference.

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