Wolves' Rubio having best month of NBA career

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With five games to go in March, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio is in the midst of the best month of his NBA career.

Rubio is averaging 16.8 points per game through nine games this month with shooting 49.1 percent from the floor.

That's a full eight percent better than his career field-goal rate of 41.1 percent.






























































His oft-criticized 3-point shot is falling too.

A career 31.1 percent shooter from 3-point range, Rubio is shooting 42.3 percent from beyond the arc this month.

And when he hasn't been scoring, Rubio has resumed his role as the Wolves' chief playmaker.

Rubio has reached either 20 points or double-digit assists in nine of his last 10 games, and all but one games this month.

Rubio set a franchise record earlier this month, racking up 19 assists in the Wolves' win over the Washington Wizards.




































































Statistics via STATS LLC and Basketball Reference