#LA Clippers at Minnesota Timberwolves
Target Center- Minneapolis, MN
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585181/clippers-timberwolves)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/LAClippers/comments/196t0af/game_thread_la_clippers_2513_at_minnesota/khvtk5o/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|LAC |19|26|23|37|105|
|MIN |29|17|35|28|109|
###Player Stats
**LA Clippers**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|K. Leonard|37:26|26|9-19|2-3|6-6|0|9|9|4|2|0|1|4|-13
|P. George|42:14|16|5-19|4-13|2-2|0|4|4|3|0|0|1|2|-6
|D. Theis|21:37|3|1-3|1-2|0-0|1|3|4|0|1|0|0|3|-7
|T. Mann|18:54|2|1-2|0-1|0-0|2|1|3|0|0|0|0|3|-6
|J. Harden|36:05|14|4-14|2-9|4-5|0|1|1|8|2|2|4|3|-3
|R. Westbrook|29:06|12|3-8|2-2|4-5|3|5|8|13|2|0|3|4|2
|N. Powell|29:54|24|9-12|6-9|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|2|1|1|11
|A. Coffey|9:04|0|0-1|0-0|0-0|1|0|1|0|1|0|1|0|-1
|M. Plumlee|15:40|8|4-5|0-0|0-0|0|3|3|0|1|0|0|4|3
**Minnesota Timberwolves**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. McDaniels|35:21|14|6-10|2-3|0-0|1|3|4|4|2|0|4|2|4
|K. Towns|36:36|17|7-12|2-4|1-2|0|6|6|5|0|0|4|4|12
|R. Gobert|36:55|15|4-5|0-0|7-14|3|15|18|0|0|4|1|4|-1
|A. Edwards|38:13|33|10-16|2-4|11-12|1|8|9|6|2|0|5|1|13
|M. Conley|31:49|6|2-7|2-6|0-0|1|1|2|5|1|0|2|2|-4
|K. Anderson|26:42|10|4-6|1-1|1-3|0|1|1|3|1|0|0|4|-6
|N. Reid|14:23|8|3-5|2-3|0-0|0|1|1|1|2|0|1|2|6
|N. Alexander-Walker|19:59|6|2-6|2-5|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|1|0|4|-4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|LAC|36-83|17-39|16-18|28|24|9|11|4|7|27|39|
|MIN|38-67|13-26|20-31|25|23|8|17|5|6|35|50|
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32 Comments
Great last layup lol
can we do a redo with Zu thanks
OH SHIT
Easy fixes.
Laughing at Rudy’s missed FT in the first really bit us in the butt in the 4th when he made them.
Oh shit indeed
Lol did Brian siemen just Oh shit on live television
They’ll be back Minny 😤
Went from laughing at Gobert freethrows to losing by Gobert freethrows. Life is funny.
Not that upset with the loss
Don’t panic folks, it was a tough game. Harden and PG both shot extremely poor and the anchor for the defense was out in what would have been a great duel with Zu/Gobert. Gotta hope the big man is back next game, great effort from those who played tonight
Why ain’t tmann get more run
Some simple stuff to fix for next time. Clips got them in a series, no probs
Minny went 8 , and we didn’t have zu , Clips in 3 !
not scared of the wolves, if zu played and PG showed up, different story.
gg, wasn’t worried before we played them, ain’t worried in the slightest now. we make a couple of more shots and we win a game we played dogshit in. we got this
ps. russ my man you have to make layups dawg just get serious pls
Just telling yall, this come back we had in the 4th would never happen last year. It’s a shame we dont have Zu. I love what the boys had done tonight, beatable game, on to the next.
Pretty awful performances from the Clippers’ stars and Zu’s absence was certainly felt. Really need to get a win against OKC on Tuesday. You can’t expect to win ’em all, but this was a winnable game. I realize the Clippers have missed players when playing against a team but they need to find ways to climb the standings and beat other top teams.
PG knows which games to phone it in, I hope he steps up against good teams in the playoffs
The ending couldn’t be more iconic: a Russ’ bricked layup lmao
Minnesota just a less talented Utah from a couple years ago. Bad game by us, but without Zu the fact that we were still in it is very telling against T’Wolves.
Zu is crucial against Minnesota and the team didn’t even have time to prepare for his absence. It is what it is. Regroup and focus on a big game against OKC.
still not worried about the Wolves 🤷♂️
Shocking performance overall, we weren’t at the races today and deserved to lose. If we had a normal performance from PG we would’ve won that but a wake up call for the team to remind them you don’t just turn up and win.
Gobert Airball was worth it.
5/19, 4/14
Really missed Zu out there tonight as a consistent inside threat.
Other than that though, I feel that their defense just really forced us into a bad game. They are absolutely elite on that side of the ball. Lengthy active defenders that could consistently chase us off the line and then force us into two twin towers who manage to disrupt almost everything. Not to mention their rebounding with both bigs on the floor as well. That’s a great team and showed us why they are number 1 right now.
With that said, I still have confidence that we could make some adjustments in a series against them and have a good crack. PG and Harden struggled against their defence but Ty would hopefully find ways to get them better looks if need be.
Teams like this really demonstrate our need for a little more size/length just to help on the boards and counter their length.
No Zu, both Harden and PG going 9/33 and we barely lost.
Idk why lue is so against trying to play theis at the 4. I said before that the wolves would cause matchup issues and was proven right. I feel like the teolves are the only team that have the ability to prevent us from reaching the finals, we need to figure out how to scheme against their multiple big lineups.
As soon as I saw Zu was questionable, I already prepared myself for the loss. Length is gonna bother us and our small ball is way too old and slow to be effective.
Anyways, ON TO THE NEXT ONE.
It’s becoming more and more obvious that a trade for a true power forward is necessary.
The sac game is what we should’ve done