Published 2/10/2009
at L.A. Times - Basketball
Minnesota's center, averaging 23.1 points and 11 rebounds a game, will have surgery for a torn knee ligament suffered during Sunday's game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves center Al Jefferson , who has emerged as one of the best post players in the NBA, will sit out the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
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