During Julius Randle ’s five seasons in New York, his son Kyden became almost as big a star as his father. He was a fixture at Madison Square Garden, basking in the glow created by Dad’s emergence as an All-NBA level performer.

That led to Gobert slowly walking out of the paint, but it was too late as the referees called a three-second violation. When the Timberwolves started going down the court, Anthony Edwards was seen yelling and frustrated at Gobert.

In the wake of the massive trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks and brought Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota, it was expected to take some time for the team to jell and find some consistency. However, the results thus far have left many fans — and players — frustrated.

Tensions began to rise in the fourth quarter when Rudy Gobert posted up Scottie Barnes, but Julius Randle failed to throw him the ball to take advantage of the mismatch. According to Hine, Gobert was upset about not getting a chance to score and took too long to leave the lane, which resulted in a three-second violation.

Julius Randle lifted the Timberwolves over the Suns with a clutch 3-point game-winner that sent the fans on a frenzy online.

Julius Randle drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 120-117 win over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Sunday’s game against Phoenix went like much of Julius Randle’s season so far in Minnesota — not always pretty, Phoenix led most of the way and had focused on getting the ball of his hands and daring the other Minnesota players to beat them. Still, he found his spots and had 32 points on 10-of-19 shooting.

After trailing from the first basket to the final 69 ticks, Minnesota defeated a Phoenix team that lacked key players but had Devin Booker, who scored 44 points.

Julius Randle’s “welcome to Minnesota” moment came early Sunday evening at Target Center, courtesy of himself.

The Wolves were always going to be different this year without Towns. So far, this new version of Minnesota remains a major work in progress. The lowly Toronto Raptors beat the Wo