Warriors coach Steve Kerr keeps stressing how if Golden State is going to win its playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves it will be because of defense.

Once viewed as a player who shrunk in the playoff spotlight, Randle has been a revelation in his first postseason for the Timberwolves.

Minnesota needed someone to stabilize the ship to get across the finish line first in enemy waters. As has often been the case over the past couple months, that person was Julius Randle.