Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Minnesota Timberwolves	21	24	23	38	106
Los Angeles Lakers	16	29	39	36	120

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves	106	37-80	46.3%	10-40	25.0%	22-28	78.6%	8	52	22	24	4	11	5
Los Angeles Lakers	120	45-93	48.4%	11-38	28.9%	19-26	73.1%	14	52	31	20	7	6	2


Minnesota Timberwolves	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Jaden McDaniels^SF	26:29	6	3-9	0-5	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	3	-10
Julius Randle^PF	26:08	14	5-11	1-5	3-3	1	6	7	2	0	0	2	2	-11
Rudy Gobert^C	27:09	3	0-1	0-0	3-6	5	7	12	2	0	0	0	2	-11
Anthony Edwards^SG	30:51	14	2-15	1-10	9-10	0	2	2	4	1	1	2	3	-15
Donte DiVincenzo^PG	31:32	8	3-9	2-6	0-0	1	4	5	2	1	0	1	3	-15
Naz Reid	25:01	13	6-11	1-5	0-0	0	6	6	1	0	2	2	3	-12
Ayo Dosunmu	19:30	13	6-8	0-2	1-2	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	5	-12
Kyle Anderson	14:32	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	1	5	6	3	0	1	0	3	-6
Bones Hyland	15:37	11	3-5	2-4	3-3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	-2
Terrence Shannon Jr.	07:31	12	4-6	2-2	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
Julian Phillips	03:55	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
Joe Ingles	03:55	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Joan Beringer	03:55	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
Jaylen Clark	03:55	5	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Mike Conley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enrique Freeman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zyon Pullin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rocco Zikarsky	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Lakers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Marcus Smart^SF	31:19	8	3-7	1-4	1-1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	14
Rui Hachimura^PF	24:29	9	4-8	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Deandre Ayton^C	34:08	14	7-11	0-0	0-2	5	7	12	2	1	0	0	4	10
Austin Reaves^SG	38:28	31	10-20	4-10	7-9	1	6	7	8	0	0	1	1	18
Luka Dončić^PG	34:56	31	11-24	4-12	5-6	0	11	11	11	2	1	4	0	20
Luke Kennard	26:22	10	5-8	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	4	2
Jake LaRavia	24:47	8	1-7	0-2	6-8	5	2	7	4	2	0	0	1	13
Jarred Vanderbilt	14:43	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	-1
Drew Timme	02:55	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-1
Adou Thiero	01:58	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	-2
Dalton Knecht	01:58	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Bronny James	01:58	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-2
Kobe Bufkin	01:58	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Jaxson Hayes	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxi Kleber	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LeBron James	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Mañon	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Simple_Wait_7286 | Hornets

562 | 9 hours ago

The Lakers are now top 4 in the West. 3-0 against Minnesota so they’re guaranteed to be above them with the same record. Despite all their stars missing significant time. And the roster being so flawed.

You’d think they are a .500 team with how people were talking about them last week lol.

Ob1toUch1ha | Lakers

141 | 8 hours ago

The amount of times that this sub has called the Lakers ass is insane. Just completely ignoring their record, injuries, and only watching lowlights.

GriffinQ | WAS

99 | 8 hours ago

On track to win 50 games in an absurdly talented West (and one of the more competitive years league wide that I can remember) but they’re garbage because they lose games sometimes.

People just can’t look at the Lakers logically. The second they come up, many people (both for and against) put on their First Take goggles and do their best impressions of 2014 Skip Bayless.

Catch11

23 | 7 hours ago

It’s honestly same with the city of Los Angeles in general, a lot of people have strong opinions about it

GriffinQ | WAS

22 | 7 hours ago

Many of whom have never lived there.

As a former (and ideally future) Angelino, the shit said about LA (and California as a whole) simultaneously cracks me up and leaves me depressed. People act like it’s a wasteland of violence and poverty when it’s instead of the coolest metro areas and melting pot cultures on the planet.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

34 | 8 hours ago

It’s wild considering they are still on pace with the other playoff teams, but no one calls them ass

Jericho311 | Lakers

19 | 8 hours ago

I have seen advanced stats only AI could hallucinate to justify calling them ass.

xBootstrap | NBA

27 | 8 hours ago

Guarantee you won’t hear about Luka being one of the better defenders on the team. Someone will post a lowlight and decide that’s what he does the whole game.

SenJohn_Beatofferman

5 | 6 hours ago

It’s crazy but without LeBron, they look like a genuine post season threat.

Which is something no one at the Lakers and very few in the media are willingly going to address.

Crazy situation.

AccomplishedAnimal69 | Lakers

2 | 6 hours ago

It’s mostly just your usual haters but I get it. I don’t watch the NFL anymore, but I when I did was I sick to death of hearing about the Cowboys. It’s funny also being a Dodgers fan because other fans are sick of them, too.

LosAngeLukaGOAT | Cote D'Ivoire

2 | 5 hours ago

” Lakers fans “ are also in this picture.

Jarxzz | United States

125 | 9 hours ago

They’re the lakers so generally every loss and flaw will be over discussed to death. People knew this was a gap year entering the season and pretend it was a shock when the roster was revealed to be flawed

WakiLover | Lakers

94 | 8 hours ago

Yeah but I think it’s funny that /r/nba talks about us as if Luka/Lebron/AR are a bigger disaster than the KD/Book/Beal Suns from last season, who finished 36-46 and missed the play-in.

sponedaddie | Lakers

42 | 8 hours ago

Have you ever considered those of r/nba are here to collect fake internet points and don’t know what grass feels like?

rex_915

14 | 8 hours ago

Literally saw comments saying they should be tanking. You’ll hear nothing of the sort about the Nuggets or Wolves though lmao.

Spierre3

41 | 8 hours ago

Yup JJ said this a couple weeks ago and everyone flamed him for it. If the twolves struggle nobody cares but if the lakers go thru a slump the world is ok fire

shortyman920 | Lakers

20 | 8 hours ago

Every team every season goes through slumps, injury readjustments, and wear and tear. And yet whenever the Lakers go through one, we get absolutely destroyed by the media, by Reddit, by casuals. This was supposed to be a transition year as well to rebuild around Luka, and we’re still looking pretty damn good this far in the season with our rough patches. Once we’re off the Lebron era for good and fill up his cap with 2 key supporting players, I look forward to seeing this Laker team be a permanent resident near the top of the West.

varietyman13

19 | 8 hours ago

It’s hard with the lakers cause they legitimately have games where they look like a below .500 team, but then usually (not always) they show up against big teams.

They’re a very confusing team that I don’t has a real shot to come out of the west, but I still wouldn’t want to see them in the playoffs

anemonaeae

19 | 8 hours ago

No one wants to see anyone in the playoffs lol

Gtggtggtg | Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

Every team has games where they look bad -outside of Okc, Sas, and maybe Det.

happydayzetr

14 | 8 hours ago

It shows you how great Luka is.

theoceaniscalling

6 | 5 hours ago

There’s something about the basket he makes that are just demoralizing for the defense, and it reminds me of Kobe.

Karametric | LAL

11 | 8 hours ago

People on this sub are prisoners of the moment way too frequently. The Lakers have issues and their ceiling is probably the 2nd round, maybe WCF if matchups line up a certain way, but you’d think they were a play-in team based off the circlejerks around here. Going 11-6 to close out this season is definitely on the table to finish out at 51-31.

It’s a flawed roster but they are damn fun to watch when Luka and Austin get things going. If they get into the postseason healthy, there’s going to be some great basketball to watch.

KB824-GOAT | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

Charles Barkley’s “mediocre” team will win 50+ games, despite the crazy number of games missed:

Luka: 12
AR: 26
LeBron: 21

Krillin113 | 76ers

2 | an hour ago

People talk about the lakers like they’re the Sixers.

patap0nacct

1 | 8 hours ago

There’s always something to talk about. Now it’s how they’re better without LeBron, he needs to change his role or reduce playing time, get a reduced salary or leave next year, etc.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

395 | 9 hours ago

4 straight great defensive games from Luka. Look what you idiots did.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

174 | 9 hours ago

He’s been solid defensively for longer than that. It’s just now so obvious that people can’t bury their heads in the sand anymore.

He held Jaylen Brown to ²⁄₉ shooting guarding him against Boston, for instance, but this sub destroyed his defense afterward because he had two bad possessions that this sub made go viral immediately. Ant had like 8 awful defensive possessions tonight and I’ll hazard a guess you won’t see any similar 5k upvote posts about it

x_TDeck_x | Spurs

66 | 9 hours ago

He was never the “atrocious single reason the Lakers stink” level that people gave to him. Neither is Ayton’s silliness and neither is Lebron if people start thinking that.

The Lakers just have a not well rounded team and fans are asking/expecting the players to do things that they’ve never shown the ability to do. Being a flawed player doesn’t mean they’re bad players. Imo anyway

GriffinQ | WAS

37 | 8 hours ago

I don’t think we need to throw a pity party for the Lakers when I say this, but if any other team were achieving the success they are right now with the team building they’ve been forced into, they’d be praised for it instead of relentlessly mocked every time they throw up a dud.

This Lakers roster is an iteration on an iteration of a team that was designed to support a mid 30s LeBron and Anthony Davis. They’d progressively retooled, attempted savvy trades, and worked with the scrap heap to make a roster work around an aging superstar and an injury-prone two way superstar big (and they had to make a LOT of margin moves work to fix the Westbrook error) and when AD for Luka happened, they had a roster that wasn’t even remotely designed to maximize Luka. They still don’t, although they’re a little closer this year than they were last - the downside being that their aging superstar is showing his age more than ever.

Every other team in the top 10 or so teams is constructed with their best player in mind and most of them were built slowly and methodically to maximize their best players (Rockets, Spurs, Nuggets, Pistons, Celtics in particular). The Lakers are still a version of a team that was built around Bron/AD and they’re still on track to win 50+ games because their top end talent is so good (Luka, Reaves) despite one of those original centerpiece guys being off the team entirely and the other being 41 and fading fast.

WakiLover | Lakers

23 | 8 hours ago

Yup, the real issue with this Lakers team is that our 4-8th guys are realistically 6th-10th guys (being generous) on an actual contender.

AwildYaners | Japan

5 | 8 hours ago

Yeah, they’re a solid playoff team; floor is a first round out, maybe their average is a medium-low chance at 2nd round.

They need everything to happen perfectly to reach anything higher.

sards3

15 | 8 hours ago

Also, it was never true that the Lakers stunk. At their absolute worst, they were average.

yuhanz | PHO

9 | 8 hours ago

It’s a bunch of pieces made to fit. It’ll take them one-two more years to really contend

d4videnk0 | Lakers

6 | 8 hours ago

In the end it’s just Lakers getting more clicks than any other team in the league. The team has issues but they’re pretty much the same issues Houston, Denver and Wolves have.

Jtphwow

11 | 8 hours ago

Just make up some fake “blowby” stat with a clip of Luka driving around Ant, and you’ll rack up the Karma right now.

RapsareChamps_Suckit | Clippers

8 | 9 hours ago

oh they’ll try.. you just watch

DamnZodiak | Toronto Huskies

5 | 8 hours ago

Amt and JB are low-key worse defenders than Luka and have been for a while.

lawschoolthrowaway36 | Lakers

5 | 8 hours ago

Both can turn it on and be better defenders than Luka (Ant by far) but Ant has mailed it in defensively for a lot of this season and gotten zero flak

jokull1234 | Lakers

122 | 9 hours ago

Bullied into getting skinny

Bullied into playing defense

But I don’t think he’ll ever accept getting bullied into not complaining to the refs

PANGIRA | LAL

26 | 8 hours ago

Tbf he was right on both(?) challenges tonight

Tho they should have let Rudy shoot the free throws

2PacAn | Mavericks

18 | 9 hours ago

He’s been solid on D since the all-star break. People are just stuck on the narrative that he doesn’t play D

PANGIRA | LAL

13 | 9 hours ago

Down one spot on the MVP ladder

joe4553

9 | 9 hours ago

Him and Wemby fighting for DPOY.

SchedulePhysical807 | Clippers

5 | 9 hours ago

Their overall team defense has picked up but Luka is doing a great job of playing the passing lanes and stripping the ball

StrangeStephen | LAL

17 | 8 hours ago

Blud he’s been like that since his Mavs days.

a_thresh_taste | Slovenia

4 | 8 hours ago

He needs to be a 4 on defense, which is not possible when LeBron plays

xmrjaredx | Lakers

297 | 9 hours ago

If we beat one more good team, I’m gonna start acting irrational for no fucking reason.

OkSpite7555 | Lakers

90 | 9 hours ago

Need that revenge game win against the nuggets this Saturday.

RepresentativeAd1965 | Nuggets

4 | 5 hours ago

Mate we are not a good team at present. Save that talk for OKC or the Spurs

yalecrazy | Lakers

67 | 9 hours ago

If we beat DEN and win 1 of 2 games against HOU, conversations will be had 🤣

eatingmeatenjoyer | Rockets

16 | 6 hours ago

i’d expect you to win at least one against us, we are not that good lmao

AccomplishedAnimal69 | Lakers

6 | 6 hours ago

And the Heat for that bullshit they pulled tonight.

NewYearsD | Lakers

13 | 7 hours ago

should i say it??…fuck it, i’m saying it

WE BACK!!

OpeDefinitely | Pacers

246 | 9 hours ago

In seemingly every single Minnesota loss, they look like a team that needs a point guard.

Why? Because they need a fucking point guard. A facilitator. A guy who can make Minnesota’s offense more complicated than “try option 1, try option 2, and good luck if those guys are smothered”.

The lack of a facilitator makes things extremely hard on Ant + Randle, while simultaneously limiting the impact of role players. Stagnant pond water ass offense.

YoungDetective | Lakers

115 | 9 hours ago

I think the big hope is that Ant can become that offensive engine like Shai and Luka but its just not happening. Hes mores Donovan Mitchell than either of them

OpeDefinitely | Pacers

73 | 8 hours ago

Ant has as “pure” of a shooting guard build/play style as possible. It’s unlikely that he’ll develop facilitating much more than drive & kick + some basic PnR stuff.

He’s not a point guard. His ceiling is insane, but he’s not going to turn into a Luka, Haliburton, or SGA type facilitator.

Ant can still be an offensive engine. His gravity is huge, which has huge implications on & off the ball. However, Minnesota will struggle to unlock all of (most of?) Ant’s off-ball impact before pairing him w/ a facilitator.

That said, Ant has so much talent (& gravity) that Minnesota doesn’t need a top-3/top-5 facilitator. Minnesota needs a top-10 or top-15 facilitator who is smart, effective, and not overly ball dominant.

It’s too bad that Conley washed out. Prime Conley or a prime George Hill would fit this Minnesota team very well. Current Derrick White would be great. Maybe Andrew Nembhard? I seriously doubt that White nor Nembhard are available though.

bootywizard42O | NBA

78 | 8 hours ago

Maybe way off here but I don’t think SGA is that good of a playmaker, he is simply so lethal at scoring that his drive & kick and basic PnR stuff generates easy offense. Plus the fact that he never turns the ball over, he is able to just generate efficient offense off of his scoring rather than facilitating.

AccomplishedAnimal69 | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

Maybe there’s a point guard shortage in the league. Not just small guards, but actual point guards. Seems like they started getting phased out a few years ago in favor of SG/SF/wing types but there’s clearly a need for them. The last couple of years there have been a couple of teams with glaring needs at PG when that was never really an issue for before the idea of positionless basketball became trendy.

OpeDefinitely | Pacers

8 | 6 hours ago

There’s definitely a shortage of traditional point guards & traditional centers, and these builds are in demand again.

The league when through a long period where every team wanted a do-it all wing; a do-it-all combo guard; and a stretch 5. The “positionless” basketball era”, if you will.

Now more teams want to bring more traditional positions back into to the fold, although small guards are as disfavored as ever. Big guards w/ “traditional PG” facilitating abilities is what teams want.

GriffinQ | WAS

10 | 8 hours ago

Ant is at his best as a attack-first scoring guard and a constant two way threat. Forcing him to be a square peg in a round hole might expand his game (and it has improved a lot) but a true setup man who can play at his pace would do wonders.

Repulsive-Throat5068 | Lakers

22 | 8 hours ago

Honestly reaves is a great fit for them but that wont ever happen

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

I could see it for the right price

candycaneforestelf | Timberwolves

5 | 7 hours ago

I’m not sure what the Lakers would likely want is what the Wolves would want to part with.

yuhanz | PHO

7 | 8 hours ago

Idk why they stopped playing Kyle Anderson, he was pretty good early on

Area512X

6 | 8 hours ago

I’m surprised they didn’t go for Harden

thesagenibba

15 | 8 hours ago

or even just garland. any decent playmaker would put this team in true contention

Nunc_Coepi17

4 | 4 hours ago

They did acquire Ayo.

Ok-Diver-9356

1 | 3 hours ago

They need to be looking to trade for Kyrie.

Primary-Paint-1716 | Timberwolves

1 | 2 minutes ago

Nah. Not talking about this game specifically but sometimes we just don’t give an effort and that shit doesn’t get fixed by getting a PG.

bdonballer | Lakers

194 | 9 hours ago

Known defensive powerhouse LA Lakers

NotAnNpc69 | Lakers

59 | 8 hours ago

Known All-NBA first defense star, Luka Doncic.

x_TDeck_x | Spurs

182 | 9 hours ago

Once it was confirmed that Luka and his girl split, I knew it was over for the league

Nice_Dude | NBA

77 | 8 hours ago

Now he’s going to stay in shape just to spite her

Special_Intention_54

42 | 8 hours ago

What if? She was the one who kept Luka chubby like she loves dadbod? And now Luka got slimmer and she didn’t find him attractive? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just saying 🤭

sequoia2075 | Lakers

32 | 8 hours ago

Revenge bod Luka with single dad strength is gonna wreck the league

rjcarr | Supersonics

12 | 8 hours ago

Nah, he’s gonna stay in shape for all those LA IG girls.

Nunc_Coepi17

9 | 4 hours ago

Those girls won’t care if he’s in shape or not as long as he’s rich and famous.

CantTrussWypipo

152 | 9 hours ago

Gobert weak af had 3 points, got DOMIN-AYTON’ed lmaoooo

bdonballer | Lakers

51 | 9 hours ago

How he still has zero offensive game this late into his career is mind boggling

livelaughloaft | Raptors

33 | 9 hours ago

Bros got stale baguettes for hands

doomrider2 | Lakers

8 | 8 hours ago

Could you not practice hand eye coordination or something?

livelaughloaft | Raptors

8 | 8 hours ago

Ask the guy with burnt croissants for hands

labdabcr

5 | 8 hours ago

at the nba level hand eye coordination is mostly genetics everyone is a freak athlete.

RollInternational693 | Mavericks

25 | 9 hours ago

What happens when he can’t physically bully Hayes in the paint.

CantTrussWypipo

31 | 9 hours ago

lets not forget though. Gobert was averaging 3.5 points on 31% shooting through the first 4 playoff games last year

it was G5 when Hayes got benched where Gobert finally had one good game

RollInternational693 | Mavericks

21 | 8 hours ago

It’s also helps that Smart is the one guarding Ant. Over the previous games, you can really see that Smart’s energy is bothering Edwards.

yuhanz | PHO

13 | 8 hours ago

Really awesome pickup by LuGM

patap0nacct

3 | 8 hours ago

So is Capella worth more than five players, four 1st round picks, and a pick swap then?

Karametric | LAL

3 | 8 hours ago

Don’t mention it around here; legit had a thread a week ago with people thinking that he’s not being utilized to his full potential offensively. Like somehow every team has forgotten this mythical weapon waiting to be unlocked. He shoots such a high percentage! It’s either a dunk or free throws putting teams in the bonus! How do you stop those dunks and that efficiency?!

By remembering it’s fucking Rudy Gobert who still has stone hands and zero touch on the offensive end. Some people just don’t watch games at all.

jerkstore27

132 | 9 hours ago

A 2nd win vs a contender has hit the Lakers

berrytree198

96 | 9 hours ago

They’re 3-0 against the wolves this season and lebron didn’t play in any of the games

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

124 | 8 hours ago

I get downvoted everytime I say this, but the TWolves win against the Lakers in the playoffs last season was kind of fugazi. LeBron and Austin both had lingering injuries, the Lakers only had one center who kept fouling out, and Luka caught a stomach virus half way through the series and was literally throwing up at half time. And a couple of those games were still close. Then the TWolves beat the Warriors with no Curry. I’m not trying to discount them getting to the WCF, but they are very beatable if we’re being honest, they got lucky in a lot of ways

VizerIDK | Lakers

71 | 8 hours ago

Totally unbiased comment agreeing with you

bootywizard42O | NBA

12 | 8 hours ago

Not denying any of what you said but TWolves beat who was in front of them, that’s how it goes. And even a fully healthy Lakers would’ve taken the series to 7 at best, they didn’t have a center ffs.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

6 | 8 hours ago

For sure, and I still think there’s a good chance the TWolves win the series anyway because the Lakers had no real answer for Rudy at the rim. They’re still a good team, I just think the Lakers could probably beat them this year as long as Ayton shows up and plays his role like he did in this game, and Hayes has also taken a step up. I also think the Lakers can beat the Rockets, they’re pretty ass on offense fr.

bootywizard42O | NBA

2 | 8 hours ago

I think it’s entirely dependent on health, Lakers haven’t have had an extended run to build chemistry or set rotations so far. If they’re able to get healthy run into the playoffs I can see them beat anyone in the West except for OKC, Denver and Spurs.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

2 | 7 hours ago

Denver would be tough, but if they go into the playoffs hobbled like they are now, I also think they’re beatable. Aaron Gordon is lowkey the lynchpin for their team, he fixes a lot of their defensive issues. If he is there I think they will be dangerous. If not, they are beatable

thesagenibba

9 | 8 hours ago

wolves aren’t going to be serious contenders until get they get another star and Ant takes the next step. putting up stinkers during games as important as these simply isn’t something your #1 can do, on top of just not having a true 2nd option. recipe for disaster.

minnesota has done great relative to franchise history but they’re going to be perennial semi-conference finalists until they make changes

Dabithebeast

5 | 8 hours ago

I wholeheartedly agree.

Pleasestoplyiiing

3 | 7 hours ago

As bad as the Lakers bench is now, it was somehow substantially worse then.

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

5 | 8 hours ago

Knicks and Minnesota ain’t no contenders😂💀 I need that win vs the nuggets tho after the bulls

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

11 | 8 hours ago

Knicks definately are contenders they are pretty high up in the odds, wolves are towards the lower end of contenders but still there

Apprehensive-Rain601 | Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

I think the line between good team and contender is getting blurred imo Knicks are front runners they proved that to me against LAC and the wolves are in no way contenders if they are then so are we

KarrotMovies | LAL

105 | 9 hours ago

The fraud Lakers are 4th in the West above the true contenders Denver and Minnesota

joe4553

81 | 9 hours ago

If the Lakers can get Ayton to average 12 rebound a game they might not 1st round exit.

ablackcloudupahead | Lakers

78 | 9 hours ago

Ayton is just a different player when Reaves is the two guy

yuhanz | PHO

46 | 8 hours ago

They have a lot better chemistry.

Reaves uses speed and quickness when driving which draws the secondary defender’s attention, Ayton likes that pace better.

Luka is more methodical and slow and operates in the middle/arc before he pings the open man. Ayton is slow to act/ get into position even when Luka gets doubled. Ayton likes to hang in the top part of the paint

That-Steak7081

6 | 8 hours ago

Anthony Davis is also actually a player who should be getting the ball in the pocket. Austin is used to that already so he’s more giving when they run pick and rolls.

No-Entrepreneur-7092

15 | 7 hours ago

Honestly the chemistry they have is clear. I think AR-DA pick and roll has the highest points per possession across duos that ran 100+ pick and rolls. There’s something there worth exploring for the lakers

berrytree198

6 | 9 hours ago

That’s a big ask

JayQuips | Lakers

74 | 9 hours ago

10-2 without LeBron now, fuck it turn him into a 6th man to lead the bench unit

Edit: without LeBron when Luka and Reaves play

SchedulePhysical807 | Clippers

39 | 9 hours ago

Luka is the engine to the team but AR playing at a high level is what unlocks the lakers. Seems to be a weird dynamic when all three guys are playing and rightfully so considering they’re all heliocentric ball dominant players and there’s only one ball so one of AR or LeBron has to sacrifice

2PacAn | Mavericks

28 | 8 hours ago

AR isn’t truly heliocentric but he doesn’t ever take enough shots when LeBron is playing. The more opportunities he has the better he is. He really fits perfectly in basically the same role that Kyrie played next to Luka on the Mavs and he can’t play that role with LeBron in the lineup

ThaRealSunGod | Lakers

7 | 6 hours ago

Lebron doesn’t take many shots when he plays with Luka and reaves.

These last few games with reaves coming off a minutes restriction are clouding your judgement. Lebron usually has 12-15 shots

Stebsy1234 | Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

They’ll figure it out by the time the playoffs come around, the main problem has been that they’ve played so little together and whenever all three of them have played there’s normally one of them coming back from injury so they really haven’t had the proper reps together yet, especially considering Lebron was also injured for training camp.

fake-tall-man

4 | 7 hours ago

It seems pretty clear that they’ve figured out a style that wins as currently constructed, but what they need to figure out is who is gonna tell LeBron

ihateredditfc

2 | 7 hours ago

I am rooting for the Lakers but I dunno - will they really? Its already mid march.

Fun_Mind1494

30 | 9 hours ago

And 5-0 vs teams .600 or better without LeBron.

CrispyWaterBottle

4 | 8 hours ago

There is no way they only lost 2 games without Lebron. This has to be fake.

JayQuips | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

Yeah I fucked up, meant to include when he’s out and Luka and Reaves play

anbsmxms

2 | 8 hours ago

This should definitely be considered. Reserve him for crunch time where he should be fresh enough to defend at a high level.

Jtphwow

66 | 9 hours ago

I can’t imagine any other “top 5” guy having that little impact, even on an off night.

Chidi_Ariana_Grande | Timberwolves

35 | 9 hours ago

It’s like the worst game of his entire career. It’s incredibly rare he plays this ass. Even the best have horrible nights once in a blue moon

David_Wilmot | Mexico

12 | 8 hours ago

i agree even Luka looked kinda Off at the start but he found ways to control the game
Ant is a true SG and he needs a PG w him
he will bounce back tho

Trhinoceros | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Anybody can have a bad day at work.

ridiculousk | LAL

57 | 9 hours ago

Austin Reaves should have been an All-Star

addisonslay | Mavericks

15 | 6 hours ago

He was injured for like half the season up until all star break or he definitely would have

crustydemonburgers | Thunder

53 | 8 hours ago

No disrespect but the Lakers are 4th seed and the Nuggets are 6th. Doncic should be higher in MVP voting than Jokic

Lmao1903 | NBA

15 | 4 hours ago

I don’t really think that’s debatable anymore. Jokic has been injured and I get it, it doesn’t change the way I think about him as a player, but since coming back, Luka has been better on both ends, defensively Jokic has been much worse than Luka as well. I am talking much worse because there were some games where he looked like the worst defensive big in the league and Luka has been pretty good defensively.

And the efficiency stuff are trending down for him

segson9

9 | 2 hours ago

That’s only true if you look at the standings. If you just listen to the media, the Lakers are out of play-in and Denver is 2nd seed.

pollinium | MIN

51 | 9 hours ago

Let me tell you what it’s a fucking battle to convince some Wolves fans that we have a good team. Ant will lose some games, live/die by the sword, but my god these fans suck ass

But it would be nice if we played a little harder in the first half…

ablackcloudupahead | Lakers

39 | 9 hours ago

You should try being a Laker fan lol. But yeah the Wolves fans in the thread today were pretty annoying

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

8 | 8 hours ago

I personally went overboard, ngl. But it’s mostly how upset I am at the time, compounded with the bad play

ablackcloudupahead | Lakers

11 | 8 hours ago

I mean, it’s also reasonable for a fanbase to get cranky when a game from their team starts at 10 PM on a Tuesday

PM_ME_UR_PICS_PLS | Mavericks

7 | 8 hours ago

Knowing how minnesota sports have gone since basically forever, there might be some deep-seeded trauma at play

heshouldgo | Lakers

38 | 9 hours ago

It’s insane how many “lakers fans” are obsessed over LeBron not playing than the lakers actually winning

AlchemistTheAlchemy

30 | 9 hours ago

I’m not saying LeBron is the problem with the Lakers or that they look way more cohesive without him or that they look way, way, way better, but

ablackcloudupahead | Lakers

11 | 9 hours ago

But????…Oh no!!! They got him!!! u/alchemistthealchemy was too pure for this world

tornait-hashu | Supersonics

1 | 5 hours ago

damn, the r/redditsniper is hanging around in this thread.

Traditional_Emu3598

27 | 9 hours ago

I’ll never forgive the nonstop 2025 Luka slander in a year he was traded out of the blue from his home to a bad roster, wasn’t able to see his kids, and going through a divorce

People really chose to believe the overblown or flat out dumb national narratives over 6 years of evidence showing greatness. Only remembering the last thing they saw. Even his “bad” year was 31-7-7 and playoffs.

Top 4 and always was. Should be higher in the MVP ladder as well. Higher seed than Ant and Jokic (who get away with some of the flaws Luka has) and an efficient 33-8-8 with a worse roster

Complaining is an issue but don’t think it impacts the game so much as some. Defense and weight were issues at time but overblown, especially given his offensive load because of bad rosters. People reacting to a temporary bad shooting %’s to start, calling him a ball hog, or saying he can’t win big is just utterly ridiculous and shouldn’t have been entertained given his offensive greatness and bad rosters in comparison to Shai, etc and his playoff success

Morezingis | Timberwolves

24 | 9 hours ago

Ok now rest Ant tomorrow cause he’s clearly fucked up

Jaguar4728 | Lakers

22 | 9 hours ago

We might be back

Pal__Pacino | Lakers

18 | 9 hours ago

Nice recovery from that frightful 3 game skid. Vibes are good.

Kind of annoying that a team with like 48 wins is gonna wind up in the play-in again this year.

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

17 | 9 hours ago

Adam silver can kick rocks for schedule this bs this late.

JayQuips | Lakers

9 | 9 hours ago

They did you guys so dirty scheduling you against the Clippers back to back tomorrow night

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

3 | 8 hours ago

They want us in the play in.

yuhanz | PHO

3 | 8 hours ago

Bruh that’s a common roadtrip since way then right? Although it’s no longer back to back staples games

JayQuips | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

Idk the back to back LA games feels new, didn’t the Knicks just have it too? I don’t follow the Clippers schedule so maybe it’s more common than I realize

yuhanz | PHO

2 | 8 hours ago

It was kinda common but the clippers were losers for so long lmao

Western-Election-997 | Lakers

14 | 9 hours ago

For the +/- warriors who like to use that stat to downplay Luka he was a +20 this game

patap0nacct

2 | 7 hours ago

This got me confused, I thought this meant Warriors fans hate Luka because he has terrible +/- at times.

Fun_Mind1494

15 | 9 hours ago

Ant’s 2-15 certainly didn’t help Minnesota.

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

10 | 9 hours ago

Does Luka own the wolves?

abc4357 | Lakers

21 | 8 hours ago

Austin Reaves does

mostdumbidiot

2 | 8 hours ago

He owns everyone but Boston

khaiiization | Lakers

7 | 9 hours ago

LeBron is definitely not retiring as a laker

captjacksparrow47 | Minneapolis Lakers

4 | 9 hours ago

LeBron will probably have his farewell tour in CLE. It would be too hard to pass that up, especially if they’re recruiting him.

b1indsamurai | Lakers

9 | 9 hours ago

What’s with Ant? Didn’t look like himself

Nice_Dude | NBA

25 | 8 hours ago

He was distracted hearing there’s a new potential baby mama on the market

LegEqual6512 | Lakers

7 | 9 hours ago

over all yalls REAL CONTENDERS. Say that net rating shit

SystemPeanut

6 | 8 hours ago

I like Laravia and I think he positively impacted this game but oh my god his paint touch was so bad. Just flinging the ball up from right under the rim and getting bailed out by fouls.

AlmostHereButNot | Bulls

4 | 9 hours ago

Rough game from Ant, damn. He can do better than this.

februarycream | Knicks

5 | 8 hours ago

Luka playing like he’s paying child support

Trizept

5 | 9 hours ago

Don’t look now but Lakers past couple of games have had some pretty good defense even from Luka and Ayton.

ddddyyylllaaannn | Lakers

3 | 9 hours ago

Put the word out there that we back up.

Westbrooks3ptShot | Slovenia

3 | 9 hours ago

LETS GO WE WON THE SEPARATED DAD BOWL!!

PANGIRA | LAL

3 | 9 hours ago

Okay now ayton has to do this every other game

Sunshine145

3 | 8 hours ago

The 2 white boys with nearly identical stats

Cul_what | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

If our defense is enough against the Wolves then its a them problem more than anything, they badly need a facilitator that isnt dubious handles

Pleasestoplyiiing

3 | 7 hours ago

Just another classic Lakers W where they out hustle the other team and win through defensive intensity and Luka’s lockdown defense.

WrexyWrex | Lakers

2 | 9 hours ago

^Lakers ^in ^5

timetravellingoblin | Nuggets

2 | 8 hours ago

so, we gotta give the Lakers credit for sure but wtf was going on with the Twolves tonight? pathetic showing by everyone out there

vapemyashes | Timberwolves

2 | 8 hours ago

Pathetic wolves 😞

mw19078 | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Luka about to change his battlenet gamertag to “I miss her” and go on a generational run

WoweeZoweeDeluxe | Spurs

2 | 5 hours ago

Lakers are a much better team better team without lebron holy

LouieM13 | NYK

1 | 9 hours ago

Randle didn’t even play the 4th quarter

Croppersburner | Lakers

0 | 9 hours ago

What not having Bron does to a team.

Wondering_Bishop1

1 | 9 hours ago

u/guidethyhandd still think Edwards is in a different tier than Cade?

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

1 | 9 hours ago

LeBron inspired this performance from the bench with his top notch leadership and unmatched clapping. 41 years of age by the way.

Lakers just seem to enjoy playing so much more without LeBron.

srhdt

1 | 9 hours ago

Feels like Reaves is BACK back.

Chidi_Ariana_Grande | Timberwolves

1 | 9 hours ago

Basketball is a funny sport because most days Anthony Edwards is ten times the basketball player Bam is and yet…

spiattalo | NBA

1 | 9 hours ago

Anthony Edwards must have woken up feeling dangerous today.

dmac005 | Cavaliers

1 | 8 hours ago

Rough game from Ant. On the same night Bam scored 83, you’re gonna go 2-15? Cmon man

Nantee_69

1 | 8 hours ago

is Bam better scorer than Ant now ?

BaseballJohn89

1 | 8 hours ago

Ant joined the Haliban

Sinndu_

1 | 8 hours ago

no this can’t be! this does not fit the Fakers Agenda™!!

Wondering_Bishop1

1 | 8 hours ago

u/BealKage What happened tonight?

Suns_In_420 | Suns

1 | 7 hours ago

Ayton remembered he was bigger then everyone else for once and started dunking.

TheKeviKs | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

OKC and Spurs watching every other teams killing each others every single night so that no one can catch them.

AideComprehensive782

1 | 5 hours ago

Le0min Lakers strike again.

DakoftheDead

1 | 4 hours ago

Luka and Ant batting to see who’s more of a deadbeat dad 😂

Some-Token-Black-Guy | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

How does this effect Bam’s legacy?

med_belguesmi69

1 | an hour ago

Luka has been pretty good for a while(he always has been but he’s been in really top form)

ballbourbonsmokes

1 | an hour ago

We gonna talk about the fact that when LeBron James doesn’t play the lakers are much better?

Brent_L

1 | an hour ago

Damn the lakers are a better team with out LeBron. It’s obvious.

The Los Angeles Lakers (40-25) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (40-25), 120-106 behind Luka Doncic’s 31/11/11 triple double & Austin Reaves 31/7/8 performances