Bright Side Baller: Beat by the buzzer in Minny

Last night, the Phoenix Suns took a punch straight to the gut. Julius Randle’s buzzer-beating three-pointer — push-off or not — sealed a 120-117 win for the Minnesota Timberwolves. For Phoenix, a win would have capped off a challenging week and made a 2-2 road trip without Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal feel like an achievement. But coming home 1-3 after a last-second loss? That’s a ticket on the gut-punch express.

“It’s frustrating, especially when you feel like you played well enough to win,” Tyus Jones said after the loss.

The Suns led for all but 1:09 of the game, which only adds to the sting of that last-second punch. Phoenix tried new strategies and made adjustments — like starting Jusuf…