And Julius Randle flexed his muscles
A meeting between the Wolves and the Knicks saw a different player dominate each quarter. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 14 points in the first and then 10 in the second. After the break, in the third, Anthony Edwards took control with his 16 units. And the last act? It belongs Julius Randle.
Minnesota’s interior would score six straight in less than four minutes and score 17 points in those final twelve minutes. He who was in trouble for 36 minutes transformed and finished with 25 points on 50% shooting success.
First of all, he showed off his muscles after a few baskets to mingle with the crowd at the Target Center. It’s not normal behavior for him.
“I was looking for a way to motivate myself. It’s not that I wasn’t demotivated, but it gave me energy, it allowed me to draw the crowd into the match. They gave me energy and I followed the movement”, he confirms. “I haven’t been very good at it in my career. I work so much that I’ve become a perfectionist mentally, and it’s always been complicated for me. Just stay in the present moment.”
There is no past or future
In addition to this expressive attitude, the Wolves especially wanted to maintain the rise in the strength of the former interior of the Knicks, which at the beginning of the last quarter had only 8 points and 3/11 shots. He didn’t let his failed match dominate him so far.
“I’m proud of him. We always tell guys not to dwell too much on the past.”says Chris Finch. “We call him ‘thug’. That’s how he played in the last quarter,” describes Anthony Edwards. “We needed it and it was huge. He’s been in the league for twelve years so he knows how to get through a rough night.”
The key, the former Lakers and Pelicans say, is to be in the present. “I’m working on it. Stay in the moment, don’t worry about the future or the past. Be in this exact moment.”
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| Julius Randle | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2014-15 | LAL | 1 | 14:00 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | |
| 2015-16 | LAL | 81 | 28:13 | 42.9 | 27.8 | 71.5 | 2.1 | 8.1 | 10.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.3 |
| 2016-17 | LAL | 74 | 30:08 | 48.8 | 27.0 | 72.3 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.2 |
| 2017-18 | LAL | 82 | 26:42 | 55.8 | 22.2 | 71.8 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 16.1 |
| 2018-19 | NO | 73 | 30:35 | 52.4 | 34.4 | 73.1 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 21.4 |
| 2019-20 | NI | 64 | 10:30 p.m | 46.0 | 27.7 | 73.3 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 19.5 |
| 2020-21 | NI | 71 | 37:34 | 45.6 | 41.1 | 81.1 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 24.1 |
| 2021-22 | NI | 72 | 35:20 | 41.1 | 30.8 | 75.6 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 9.9 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 20.1 |
| 2022-23 | NI | 77 | 35:33 | 45.9 | 34.3 | 75.7 | 1.8 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 25.1 |
| 2023-24 | NI | 46 | 35:26 | 47.2 | 31.1 | 78.1 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 24.0 |
| 2024-25 | MIN | 69 | 32:16 | 48.5 | 34.4 | 80.6 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 18.7 |
| 2025-26 | MIN | 30 | 33:46 | 48.2 | 32.9 | 82.2 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 22.6 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
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