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Phoenix Stan wrote:Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa re-injured his right wrist during the Suns win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. He initially hurt the wrist while leading his Brazilian National Team to a gold medal in the FIBA Americas Championship tournament this summer.

After the game Leandro said this about the injury, "It's bad man. They told me I have a cyst on the wrist so it's been tough for me to catch the ball and I got hit in the game so I don't know what's going to happen."

The speedy Brazilian guard only had 6 points in 14 minutes of play in Sunday's game. He was visibly pained by the swollen right wrist.

* Alvin Gentry has been talking up Richardson's defense #with exaggeration about his defensive resume# and Richardson lived up to the billing in his first game. He helped Stoudemire on the post and deflected or stole wing passes. It might look like Richardson is cutting into Leandro Barbosa's playing time but it probably has more to do with Barbosa's right wrist, which he originally injured during FIBA Americas Championship play and has lingered. He left Saturday's practice with it wrapped up. But that was an efficient 14 minutes with 3-of-3 shooting. He scored once on a weaving drive and twice on fastbreaks. The most impressive one close the first quarter, when he was not even running full speed and scored in 4.4 seconds as he went by two Timberwolves.

Barbosa's wrist pain has come and gone since arriving in late September. He ended practices during training camp with both wrists and one hand wrapped in ice. Barbosa's wrist is "really sore," according to Gentry, who said it would be something they will have to monitor daily. That said, he expects Barbosa to play in Miami on Tuesday. --Coro