As soon as it left his hands, Julius Randle knew his winning 3-pointer was going in.
Randle got the ball with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns tied at 117 and 2.1 seconds to play. Minnesota, which battled back from 16 points down, advanced the ball down the court with a timeout to set up one final shot on an inbounds play.
With veteran Joe Ingles coming into the game solely to inbound the ball, he found Randle at the top of the key. Randle took two dribbles, shook defender Josh Okogie, stepped back and fired from 3.
The buzzer sounded just after the ball left Randle's hands. When the shot dropped through the net, the Target Center crowd erupted, and Randle's teammates mobbed him on the court.
"Really the fun part was just seeing how my teammates celebrate," Randle said. "We're a very connected group, and we're going to celebrate each others' success. So for me, that was the coolest part."
