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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.