The Phoenix Suns (24-21) play the final of their homestand against the Minnesota Timberwolves (25-21) on Wednesday.

The last time Timberwolves coach Chris Finch coached a game at Phoenix’s Footprint Center, he didn’t finish the game after Mike Conley crashed into him and ruptured his patellar tendon in Game 4 of last season’s playoffs.

Didn’t matter. Minnesota is living rent-free in the Phoenix Suns heads again. The T-Wolves know they're younger, more athletic, more physical, and are letting the Suns know it in their words and actions.

Phoenix Suns superstar forward Kevin Durant and rookie Ryan Dunn both participated in Wednesday’s morning shootaround heading into matchup against Minnesota Timberwolves at Footprint Center to end a three-game homestand.

The Phoenix Suns have had to bench a starter from earlier in the season, and he's had a strong reaction to the change.

The Minnesota Timberwolves took down the Phoenix Suns in NBA action on Wednesday, 121-113. The Suns held an advantage in the third quarter of that matchup

Suns center Jusuf Nurkic, who has been one of the league's most reliable big men over the past seven seasons, has hit a wall in Phoenix. Nurkic revealed that he and Suns head coach Mike Budenholzer did not talk for two months and do not have a relationship, per azcentral's Duane Rankin.

PM Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards reacts to a foul call on Monday at Target Center during a victory over Atlanta. (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota trailed by two in the third quarter Wednesday in Phoenix when Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was ejected after a brief dispute with an official. He exited, and his Wolves emerged. The

The Phoenix Suns recalled rookie big man Oso Ighodaro from the G League Valley Suns on Wednesday, the team announced.

Led by Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, the Western Conference's eighth-place Suns have played well in January, winning seven of their last nine, and are 8-4 overall this month. The Clippers are sixth in the West standings, led by veteran stars James Harden and Kawhi Leonard, plus their top scorer this season Norman Powell.