The Los Angeles Lakers will go for his or her second victory in as many nights after they tackle the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday in Minneapolis.
Los Angeles is coming off a 105-104 win in opposition to the Utah Jazz on Sunday evening in Salt Lake Metropolis. The Lakers didn’t have a lot time to have fun earlier than touring greater than 1,200 miles for his or her subsequent recreation in lower than a 24-hour time span.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis accounted for 53 of the Lakers’ 88 shot makes an attempt on Sunday. James made 12 of 28 makes an attempt and completed with 27 factors, and Davis shot 13 of 25 and completed with 33 factors.
Lakers coach JJ Redick stated he wished each gamers to take at the least 25 pictures.
“That was going to be our greatest offense tonight,” Redick stated.
Los Angeles performed with out Austin Reaves (left pelvic bruise), Cam Reddish (sickness), D’Angelo Russell (sickness) and Jaxson Hayes (proper ankle sprain). It’s unsure whether or not any member from that group will have the ability to play on Monday.
Minnesota is more healthy and is aiming for back-to-back wins for the primary time since Nov. 15-17. The Timberwolves are coming off a 93-92 dwelling win in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, which snapped a four-game dropping streak.
Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards stated he and his teammates targeted on enjoying exhausting — and, specifically, guarding robust on protection — to snap the skid.
“These are successful performs,” Edwards stated. “We talked as a workforce how we need to win and alter it round and get again to who we’re defensively. These are issues we have got to do over and over and over, irrespective of how tiring it’s, how exhausting it’s.
“As a gaggle, after the sport, I requested them: ‘How dangerous can we need to win? If we need to win, we will do this stuff each recreation. We’re not going to do it one recreation and never do it the subsequent recreation.'”
Edwards’ voice carries weight as a result of he has established himself because the clear-cut No. 1 possibility on the roster. He leads the Timberwolves with 27.7 factors per recreation to associate with 5.4 rebounds and three.7 assists.
Julius Randle ranks second in scoring with 21.2 factors per recreation for the Timberwolves. Naz Reid is third with 13.4 factors per contest, and Rudy Gobert is averaging a double-double with 10.4 factors and 11.2 rebounds per recreation.
Davis is the Lakers’ prime scorer with 28.6 factors per recreation. James is subsequent with 22.6 factors per recreation, and Reaves ranks third with a median of 16.7 factors.
That is the second of three regular-season video games between the Lakers and Timberwolves. They first met within the season opener Oct. 22 in Los Angeles, the place the Lakers posted a 110-103 win.
Davis scored 36 factors and grabbed 16 rebounds within the groups’ first matchup of the season. James scored 16 factors on 7-for-16 capturing.
Edwards scored 27 factors on 10-for-25 capturing in opposition to the Lakers within the opener. Gobert notched a double-double with 13 factors and 14 boards.
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