Suns coach Mike Budenholzer felt there should have been a push-off foul called on Randle. On the game-winning play, Randle caught the ball well beyond the 3-point arc with Josh Okogie in close coverage.

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.

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.