Los Angeles Lakers at Minnesota Timberwolves
· National Basketball AssociationTimberwolves beat Lakers without LeBron James 97-87 with another defensive showing
Julius Randle added 21 points and Jaden McDaniels scored 18 for Minnesota, which won for the fifth time in six games. Rudy Gobert had a game-high 13 rebounds to go with 12 points.
The Timberwolves are 14-2 against the Lakers at home since the 2015-16 season, including four straight wins.
Anthony Davis led Los Angeles with 23 points and 11 rebounds, but the Lakers lost for the eighth time in 11 games. Austin Reaves scored 18 points in his first game back after missing five games with a left pelvic contusion, and Max Christie added 15.
Los Angeles had 21 turnovers.
LeBron James missed his second straight game for the Lakers with left foot soreness and was also was away from the team this week due to “personal reasons.” Coach JJ Redick said pregame he has no sense of when James will return.
Timberwolves: Defense had been Minnesota’s forte during its recent success. Los Angeles shot just 38.4%, the third time in four games a Timberwolves foe failed to reach 40%. In Minnesota’s past five wins, no opponent has topped 92 points.
Regular Season Series
MIN leads series 2-1
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 87 - 97 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 87 - 97 | |
4th 18.0 | Cam Reddish bad pass (Nickeil Alexander-Walker steals) | 87 - 97 | |
4th 31.0 | Christian Koloko enters the game for Austin Reaves | 87 - 97 | |
4th 31.0 | Dalton Knecht enters the game for Anthony Davis | 87 - 97 |
Statistics
LAL | MIN | |
---|---|---|
33-86 | FG | 35-87 |
38.4 | Field Goal % | 40.2 |
10-35 | 3PT | 9-32 |
28.6 | Three Point % | 28.1 |
11-17 | FT | 18-24 |
64.7 | Free Throw % | 75.0 |
53 | Rebounds | 48 |
15 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
38 | Defensive Rebounds | 37 |
17 | Assists | 18 |
7 | Steals | 12 |
6 | Blocks | 5 |
21 | Turnovers | 13 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
22 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 2 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
27 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 12 |
10 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
38 | Points in Paint | 44 |
21 | Fouls | 14 |
0 | Largest Lead | 17 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 18,978 · Capacity:
2024-25 Pacific Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
LA Clippers | 17 | 13 | .567 | - | W1 |
LA Lakers | 16 | 13 | .552 | 0.5 | L1 |
Golden State | 15 | 13 | .536 | 1 | L1 |
Phoenix | 14 | 14 | .500 | 2 | L3 |
Sacramento | 13 | 17 | .433 | 4 | L4 |
2024-25 Northwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oklahoma City | 23 | 5 | .821 | - | W8 |
Denver | 16 | 11 | .593 | 6.5 | W2 |
Minnesota | 14 | 14 | .500 | 9 | L3 |
Portland | 9 | 20 | .310 | 14.5 | L2 |
Utah | 7 | 21 | .250 | 16 | L1 |
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