The New York Knicks wasted Julius Randle’s historic night.
Randle scored a career-high 57 points, the most by a Knicks player since Carmelo Anthony’s franchise record of 62 points in 2014, but they could not stop the shorthanded Minnesota Timberwolves.
Without their top two players Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves used a balanced scoring attack to survive Randle’s big night and carved out a 140-134 victory Monday at Madison Square Garden.
Seven players scored in double figures for Minnesota.
Taurean Prince had the last laugh as he capped his season-high 35 points with the dagger that pierced through the hearts of Randle and the Knicks.