In the 21st season of his career, LeBron James is still the team's scoring champion, and his personal three-point shooting percentage and true shooting percentage have set a new career high. In this Lakers game against the Timberwolves, James ushered in his 39th birthday, a memorable day, against the Timberwolves, the No. 1 in the West, which is destined to not be too easy. The Lakers are a team that excels at scoring inside, but the Timberwolves' interior defense is among the best in the league.
James and Davis, Edwards and Towns, the four champions compete on the same stage, a rare good show. James and Davis' individual abilities are unquestionable, but if the Lakers want to win, other players will have to step up. As for the Timberwolves, this team doesn't rely so much on Towns and Edwards, and more on team ability.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Davis carried the team's offense, scoring 17 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-of-9 shooting, which was simply unstoppable, James also had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the two cores joined forces, the Lakers scored 31 points in a single quarter, but they were only 2 points ahead of the Timberwolves, Edwards and Gobert scored 6 points each, and Reed hit 2 three-pointers on the bench. After returning from the game in the second quarter, Edwards scored 9 points and 1 assist on 3-of-4 shooting, and Reed on the bench scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team scored another 32 points in a single quarter.
The Lakers felt down, Davis only had 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, James had 4 points, 2 assists and 2 steals, the team only scored 26 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Lakers trailed the Timberwolves by 4 points 57-61. In the second half, Davis scored 7 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, James scored consecutive baskets, also had 6 points and 1 rebound, the team only scored 20 points in a single quarter, Russell also returned to the locker room with an injury, fortunately, the Timberwolves only scored 21 points, Gobert scored 7 points and 3 rebounds, and the difference between the two teams was only 5 points.
In the final quarter of the game, Wood became a wonder soldier, hitting 2 three-pointers to help the Lakers narrow the gap to 1 point, but Edwards immediately responded with three points, James hit a three-point shot, Conley hit a three-point shot, thick eyebrows shot a shot, Huazi three points and another one, James did not have three points, Huazi had two free throws, James broke through the violent dunk, Towns had three free throws, thick eyebrows responded with three points, Conley scored three points to kill the heart, the Lakers scored 4 points in one round, James stepped on the line with three points, and between millimeters, the referee** After the video replay, it was judged to be a two-point shot, and James excitedly pointed to the computer screen and excitedly said that he did not step on the line.
The Lakers hurried to foul, Edwards hit one of two free throws, and the Lakers called a timeout with only 14 seconds. After the timeout, the Lakers served to James, and immediately encountered a double bag, and the time was already running out when he shot. In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves narrowly defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 108-106.
The Los Angeles Lakers lost the game, and on James' birthday night, Davis gave everything he had, shooting 12-of-17 and getting 33 points, 17 rebounds and 8 assists, but he was powerless. James shot 10 of 21, with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, and his performance was also excellent, repeating Durant's tragedy at the last moment, and he must be no stranger to stepping on the line three-pointers. But apart from James and Davis, no other Lakers player scored in double figures. Prince had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist on 3-of-6 three-point shooting, Reaves had only 9 points and 2 rebounds on 2-of-11 shooting, Van der Biao had 8 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, Wood had 7 points and 5 rebounds, and Russell left the game with 5 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.
The Timberwolves' Towns had a terrible performance, with only 9 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists on 3-of-7 shooting, but Edwards stepped up and scored 31 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 10-of-23 shooting. Gobert had 13 points and 13 rebounds, Conley also had 15 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and the two Jazz veterans also contributed to it. Reed on the bench had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, and the Timberwolves couldn't win this game without him.