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2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko finished Saturday's victory with 13 points, one 3-pointer, six rebounds, three assists, two blocks, and a season-high seven steals. AK was one steal shy of his career-high and he has double-digit points in four straight games. It's safe to say that he's 'back' after weeks of quiet play following a calf injury. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko had 12 points, four rebounds and four assists in Wednesday's victory, while playing 34 minutes of action. The stats aren't too impressive, but AK hadn't played more than 32 minutes in a game since returning from injury in mid-March. Tonight's game was as good a sign as any that he's healthy and ready to pick up a bigger role in the Wolves' final games. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko was quiet against the Grizzlies on Saturday with five points, four boards and one assist in 28 minutes. It looked like he was getting ready to come around due the averages of 11.5 points, 2.5 steals, 0.5 blocks and 0.5 triples in 29.5 minutes over his last two games, but he fell on his face tonight. Kirilenko has been a disappointment lately and uncharacteristically has just one total block over his five games. He has a great schedule, so we would be apprehensive in cutting him for a hot free agent. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko scored 12 points on 5-of-11 shooting (including a three) with four rebounds, three assists, two steals and one block in 32 minutes on Friday against the Thunder. If Kirilenko can play like this for the rest of the year owners will call it a win, and owners can cautiously evaluate him as if the arrow is pointing slightly up. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko played 27 minutes, but hit just 3-of-8 shots for 11 points, two rebounds, three assists and three steals on Wednesday. The minutes are creeping up and while he's still not getting it done for his owners, he could break out of the funk at any time. His calf injury is still not fully healed, but you have to think he'll start feeling better as long as they're continuing to let him play through it. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko played 24 minutes and hit4-of-9 shots for just nine points on Tuesday, and added just one rebound, two assists, a steal and a 3-pointer in an easy win over the Pistons. This is not what his owners were looking for when they picked him up, and he also had a disappointing line on Sunday. He's still limited by his calf injury and while chances are he'll get it going at some point, he's not a player that should be considered a 'must-start' given his current struggles. | 2 Months Minnesota Timberwolves Andrei Kirilenko struggled again on Sunday, scoring four points on 2-of-6 shooting, with three rebounds and three turnovers in 26 minutes. AK admitted this weekend that his calf is still limiting him, and the return of Chase Budinger (seven points in 19 minutes) finally gives the Wolves a legitimate alternative at SF. Minnesota's stretch of four-game weeks does lessen the risk of deploying AK in standard formats, and he was coming off a 20-point game, so hopefully he'll bounce back against the Pistons' more lenient defense on Tuesday. | |
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