The wolves have won two in a row now. From AP-

MINNEAPOLIS - Al Jefferson and the Minnesota Timberwolves believe they’re headed for better days. Beating the Phoenix Suns — again — is surely a decent sign of progress. Jefferson had a career-high 39 points and 15 rebounds, and the Timberwolves won two in a row for the first time this season, 117-107 over the Western Conference leaders on Wednesday night.”I think they have kind of turned the corner,” Suns coach Mike D’Antoni said.

Amare Stoudemire led Phoenix with 33 points, but only 19 of them came in the last 43 minutes. The Suns, whose 30-13 record is behind only Boston for league supremacy, had their four-game winning streak stopped.

If the Timberwolves can win two in a row maybe the Miami Heat can too. First Miami will have to win a single game, right now they have lost 14 in a row and with Shaq out for at least two weeks, a single triumph seems fleeting at this moment.

Via ESPN: Amare, Diaw suspended one game; Horry gets 2.

While I am a Spurs fan and this helps my team, I must confess to being shocked that Stoudemire and Diaw are getting suspended (and that Horry is getting two games for that matter).

Ugh: Phoenix 103, San Antonio 87.

The Suns really have been on an amazing run–and I was hoping that the Spurs would make a positive statement with this game. However, not so much. I must admit that it is hard to take the regular season overly seriously, but at this point it would seem that the Suns have taken several steps forward and the Spurs may have taken a step or so back. With Dallas and Phoenix in the way, the road to the Finals is going to be a tough one in the West.