#Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers
Crypto.com Arena- Los Angeles, CA
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401539672)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/12j4gpp/game_thread_minnesota_timberwolves_4240_at_los/jfwko5y/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|OT1|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|MIN |28|32|26|12|4|102|
|LAL |22|27|30|19|10|108|
###Player Stats
**Minnesota Timberwolves**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|T. Prince|43:09|14|5-11|4-7|0-0|1|2|3|0|3|0|3|3|-5
|K. Anderson|44:39|12|5-14|2-5|0-0|1|4|5|13|4|4|4|5|-14
|K. Towns|41:13|24|8-12|2-4|6-6|1|10|11|5|0|3|2|5|18
|A. Edwards|42:49|9|3-17|0-9|3-4|1|7|8|5|1|3|4|4|-4
|M. Conley|43:46|23|7-11|6-8|3-3|0|4|4|4|3|1|3|2|-1
|J. McLaughlin|10:18|0|0-5|0-3|0-0|0|0|0|0|1|0|2|1|-10
|N. Alexander-Walker|23:20|11|4-5|1-1|2-2|0|4|4|2|1|0|0|3|-1
|N. Knight|2:23|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|-7
|J. Nowell|13:22|9|4-7|1-3|0-0|0|1|1|1|0|0|2|2|-6
**Los Angeles Lakers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Vanderbilt|22:12|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|3|3|1|1|1|1|1|-12
|L. James|45:18|30|12-21|3-6|3-3|1|9|10|6|1|2|5|5|-14
|A. Davis|42:40|24|10-19|0-1|4-6|9|6|15|4|2|3|5|3|9
|A. Reaves|39:23|12|4-13|1-5|3-3|1|5|6|3|0|0|3|0|0
|D. Russell|23:52|2|1-9|0-4|0-0|0|3|3|8|1|1|1|0|-2
|T. Brown Jr.|17:02|2|1-5|0-3|0-0|0|4|4|2|2|0|1|0|10
|D. Schroder|32:32|21|5-12|3-4|8-8|0|4|4|2|1|0|1|2|22
|R. Hachimura|26:36|12|3-8|2-5|4-4|1|1|2|1|0|0|2|1|20
|M. Beasley|13:34|5|2-3|1-2|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|1|1|-1
|W. Gabriel|1:47|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|2|-2
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|MIN|36-83|16-41|14-15|30|26|13|20|11|4|33|49|
|LAL|38-92|10-31|22-24|27|15|8|20|7|12|36|55|
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Ant with his worst game of the year at the worst possible time. Absolute killer. If he did anything tonight we win.
I fucking hate this franchise
19th double digit blown lead, most in NBA.
5th double digit blown lead in 4th, probably most in NBA.
15 point blown lead.
21/22 for Lakers from the line, teams don’t miss free throws against us recently.
1-5 in overtime this season.
2 field goal scored in last 11 minutes.
Whole season in one game. Sadly they have Schroder to step up and we have McLaughlin – arguably the worst backup PG in NBA history.
It’s joeover
We battled hard considering we were missing three starters. If Rudy, Jaden, and Ant all play, I think we win that game.
Mike Conley deserved better man. This fucking team…
If we score 13 points in the 4th quarter we win…. Epic collapse
Ant better be injured cos otherwise what the fuck was that man
I’m sorry Conley, we failed you.
I hated every one of JMacs 10 min on court.
This game screamed MN sports
We literally win if we have either:
– Jaden
– Naz
– or Rudy
I’m at the point where I really need to hear something for why Finch can’t get these guys to protect a lead
Poor Mike Conley…
Playing not to lose, instead of to win. Got scared at the end. Got tired.
Hearing LA chant “refs you suck” after the differential they’ve gotten all year hurt more than anything else
Should’ve played NAW over Ant in OT
Lakers benching all former Wolves won them the game. If D’Lo plays at all in the 2nd half we win.
Let’s just hope Ant shows up Friday
Ant stunk tonight. That’s the game.
He should get called out in the local media, the national media, and anything in between.
He stunk. Hopefully he owns it.
This loss is on Ant. Even with the Lakers generational whistle we win this game if he had any IQ. Shot wasn’t falling and yet he kept insisting on taking more.
I don’t care that there was no McDaniels, Reid, or Gobert. We had a 15 point lead. Why can’t this team hold a lead for Christ sake. Why cant ANY team in MN sports hold a DAMN LEAD
I think I’m good on playoffs
Incredibly frustrating to not be able to get Towns shots in the 4th. Some of that was on him though.
Man that one stings. We went what, 6 minutes without scoring to (almost) end the 4th? 12 points in the 4th and 3 of them came from FTs with .1 on the clock… that’s horrific.
The guys just ran out of gas and then made dumb decisions. The Lakers were awful too but had enough talent to outlast us
Damn ANT was not HIM today 💔
Winning would have been great. And a little unexpected. Game was good, just a no-show from ANT.
Rudy back, at home on Friday to punch our ticket. I still feel OK about this.
On a positive note we just took the Lakers to OT at home without Rudy, McDaniels, Naz and Ant.
I wouldn’t be too harsh on TP. Tried his guts out but unfortunate to not hit that 3. Can’t fault the effort for most of the players. They gave it their all shorthanded.
Wolves to beat the Pels or Thunder
how could we just let ant torpedo the game like that
How do we play with such great ball movement all game and then literally have everyone stand still for the last 6 minutes of the game
we really suspended gobert and had 2 minutes of nate out there against davis huh
Please just give Conley the ball instead of anyone else constantly wasting clock time. And give/force some fucking shots for KAT.
Never had any doubt it would end exactly like this. Worst game I think Ant has ever played. Absolutely disgusting performance.
I had zero expectations and yet I’m still wildly disappointed. Truly incredible. Minnesota. Sports.
We looked unstoppable with our ball movement and the amount of cutting with:
Conley
NAW
Nowell
Prince
Anderson/KAT
All changed when we subbed Ant back in. Off shooting night and then the fall in the 3rd. Stalled possessions/turnovers the rest of the 4th. I thought Finch was doing a great job up until that point. What a disaster.
Ant was flat out garbage, and maybe the loss is as simple as that.
But the lack of late game offensive structure/execution is making me really definitively question Finch’s coaching for the first time. Just wasn’t good man, not good at all.
I mean this probably isn’t the right time, but at least we won the DLo trade 😅
Holy shit that game went south once KAT picked up his 4th foul. Didn’t play the game the same way at all. Really highlights Rudy’s importance since he can rebound without fouling and spreads the fouls across the bigs.