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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lakers | 32 | 26 | 36 | 19 | 113 |
 Timberwolves | 28 | 33 | 23 | 32 | 116 |
LALTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAL | 36-8045.0% | 19-4740.4% | 22-2588.0% | 41 | 23 | 10 |
| MIN | 38-9042.2% | 14-3638.9% | 26-3378.8% | 49 | 19 | 9 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves116| 44 | 43 | 12-23 | 5-10 | 14-17 | 0 | +3 | +14.9 | |||||||
| 43 | 25 | 9-22 | 3-8 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | +8 | −0.2 | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0 | +8 | −0.4 | |||||||
| 26 | 5 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | −11 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 25 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −5.3 | |||||
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| 29 | 8 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | +2 | −1.7 | ||||||
| 20 | 12 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +1.2 | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −3.2 | |||
| 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.8 | ||||
| Team | 116 | 38-9042.2% | 14-3638.9% | 49 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 26-3378.8% | 18 | 8 | 2 | |||
Bench 25 points on 9 for 23 shooting
Did not play: Josh Minott, Jaylen Clark, Leonard Miller, Joe Ingles and Luka Garza (coach’s decision).
Los Angeles Lakers113| 46 | 27 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 15-18 | −4 | +14.1 | ||||||||
| 46 | 38 | 13-28 | 5-12 | 7-7 | 0 | −3 | −0.6 | |||||||
| 41 | 23 | 9-16 | 5-10 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.5 | |||||
| 35 | 17 | 6-14 | 5-12 | 0-0 | +5 | +1.9 | ||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +0.7 | |||||
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| 41 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −3.6 | |||||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.1 | ||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.7 | |||||
| 7 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −1.1 | ||
| Team | 113 | 36-8045.0% | 19-4740.4% | 41 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 22-2588.0% | 11 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 6 points on 2 for 11 shooting
Did not play: Markieff Morris, Bronny James, Dalton Knecht, Alex Len and Shake Milton (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves116Lakers113ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Anthony Edwards scored 43 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-113 for a 3-1 lead in the first-round series.
Jaden McDaniels’ three-point play put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 39 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
The Lakers had the ball down 1 with 33 seconds left, but McDaniels stole the ball from LeBron James. A basket would have put the Lakers ahead. They had the ball down 3, but Austin Reaves missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Lakers 17-9. Naz Reid scored 6 of the Timberwolves’ 17 on 2 for 3 shooting.
Julius Randle scored 25 points (13 in the first quarter), and Donte DiVincenzo added 8 points and 5 steals. Edwards scored 16 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Lakers, Luka Dončić scored 38 points with 5 3-pointers, and James added 27 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Rui Hachimura scored 23 points (10 in the third quarter) with 5 3-pointers. The Lakers had 3 20-point scorers.
The Lakers gave up 18 offensive rebounds, about 6 more than usual for the shots the Timberwolves missed. The Timberwolves outscored the Lakers 19-5 off turnovers. The Timberwolves outscored the Lakers 28-14 in 8 minutes with Randle, DiVincenzo, Reid, Edwards and McDaniels on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesLos Angeles LakersPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 14% (3rd quarter, 10s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
90 points from the field on 90 shots: 9.0 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 12-27 | 44.4% | 66% |
| In the paint | 12-25 | 48.0% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 0-2 | 0.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 11-25 | 44.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 31 | 10 | 3-6 | −2 |
| LeBron James | 12 | 11 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Luka Dončić | 11 | 6 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Austin Reaves | 11 | 5 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 40 points on 81 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luka Dončić | 17 | 5 | 2-8 | 0 |
| Rui Hachimura | 17 | 6 | 3-4 | +1 |
| LeBron James | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Dorian Finney-Smith | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −3 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 12 | 3-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 21 | 0 | 0-2 | −4 |
| Luka Dončić | 18 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Rui Hachimura | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Austin Reaves | 6 | 8 | 3-3 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 4 | 1-2 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
LAL
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Finney-Smith 25' 3PT Jump Shot (6 PTS) (Reaves 4 AST)
Q4 1:29
34.3%
64→29
McDaniels Dunk (15 PTS) (Reid 2 AST)
Q4 0:40
25.4%
27→53
Reid 27' 3PT Jump Shot (12 PTS) (Randle 3 AST)
Q4 3:21
22.6%
37→60
Reaves 25' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (Doncic 2 AST)
Q4 1:55
22.4%
85→62
Hachimura 25' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (L. James 8 AST)
Q4 3:32
21.1%
59→37
