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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle had his first signature moment with his new club on Sunday, sinking a buzzer-beating, step-back three to lift the Wolves past the Phoenix Suns. A day later, the NBA is saying Randle's shot shouldn't have counted. Right before Randle raised and fired his shot, Suns defender Josh Okogie hit the floor, prompting Suns star Devin Booker to raise his arms to ask for an offensive foul call against Randle, which never came.
Related: Julius Randle's game-winner wins it for Timberwolves, 120-117 Follow us on Facebook In the Last Two-Minute Report released on Monday, the league's officials agreed that Randle didn't commit an offensive foul against Okogie but said the referees should've called him for traveling before his game-winner. Randle's gather and two steps before his shot looks clean, but it appears he shuffled his feet before taking his first dribble when the Wolves inbounded the ball to him. “it’s cash every time.
” Julius & Naz take us through the game-winner: pic.twitter.com/lA356jpOdO The only other correction in the report noted a moving screen by Suns center Jusuf Nurkic against Jaden McDaniels roughly 30 seconds earlier that wasn't called.
However, the Suns went on to miss a couple of chances, setting up Randle's heroics. It's been a rocky start to the season for the Wolves after acquiring Randle and guard Donte DiVincenzo from the New York Knicks just days before training camp for franchise star Karl-Anthony Towns, so they'll take whatever they can get. Sunday's win pushed them to 8-6 on the season.
Minnesota now has a few days off before playing at Toronto on Thursday night. Related: Anthony Edwards fined $35K for obscene gesture vs. Kings Nick Wosika-Imagn Images.
