To me this is a non-issue, the best teams throughout the season thus far are Sacramento and Minnesota. Sacramento has no one star responsible for their success like Minnesota does in Garnett, Sacramento is the sum of its parts as opposed to Minnesota who, while having the luxury of Spreewell and Cassell, would not be remotely the team they are this year without Garnett. Duncan should not even be mentioned in the same breath this year, especially since San Antonio simply ain't all that, everybody has been able to beat them this year. Garnett has improved in virtually every category, especially defense and, as if it was even possible, his intensity is up. Anything less than unanimous choice for MVP for Garnett is a travesty.
And BTW X3, I know you said it was unlikely, but to even suggest the Spurs might be able to catch the Wolves is laughable, it ain't happenin bro', anymore than LA is going to catch Sacramento.