Los Angeles – Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points, Naz Reid added 23 with six 3 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcome the Los Angeles eliminations of Luka Du therefore 117-95 against Los Angeles on Saturday evening.
Anthony Edwards collected 22 points, nine assists and eight rebounds at the opening of the first round series for the sixth seeded Wolves, who resisted the first quarter of 16 points in front of a roaring crowd from Los Angeles.
The Minnesota then took control with a second quarter of 38-20 and poured it after half-time, presenting its veteran balance and its experience in playoffs. Julius Randle and Edwards struck four 3 points each while the Timberwolves made a record franchise in the 21 3 -point playoff series on 42 attempts – with many of these photos taken without defender in sight.
LeBron James collected 19 points to start his 18th NBA qualifying series, but the third seeded Lakers were overwhelmed by the balance of Wolves shots and qualifying series. The loss of 22 points is tied for the biggest margin of lakes in a home defeat of match 1 in the history of the franchise. It was also the biggest defeat in match 1 of the first round by a team from James in his career.
While Los Angeles is still looking for chemistry after having acquired Donic two months ago, Minnesota is impatient to improve last season’s race in the Western Conference final.
Match 2 of the best seven series is Tuesday evening in Los Angeles.
One day after the end of the Dallas Mavericks season in the game tournament, Doncic produced the 11th match of the highest playoff in his career – and that was not enough, thanks to the prolific team effort of Timberwolves.
Reid has a story of out -of -competition road performance against Lakers, and he led the Wolves gathering in the middle neighborhoods. Minnesota experienced 26 years in the third quarter.
Los Angeles finally joined the fourth, reducing the 12 -point deficit on a Doncic dam, but Minnesota has comfortably kept its 18th victory in its last 22 games.
The Lakers have opened an eliminatory series at home with a complete building for the first time since 2012 – but they obtained this advantage at home by the smallest margin. Los Angeles won 50 games, while the sixth seeded Timberwolves won 49 in the west tight conference.
The information from ESPN Research and the Associated Press was used in this report.
