Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers
LAL lead series 4-2
51-31, 18-23 Away
85
51-31, 18-23 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 30 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 85 |
LAL | 25 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 101 |
50-32, 31-10 Home
101
50-32, 31-10 Home
Game Leaders
Team Stats
40% (32-80)
Field Goal %
48% (44-91)
17% (2-12)
Three Point %
20% (4-20)
73% (19-26)
Free Throw %
47% (9-19)
32
Turnovers
28
51
Rebounds
61
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Ron Garretson
Referee:Blane Reichelt
Referee:Bennett Salvatore
Game Flow
--MIN
--LAL
Shot Chart
- Troy Hudson missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kevin Garnett missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kevin Garnett made Layup. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Robert Horry missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Radoslav Nesterovic.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Jumper.
- Troy Hudson made 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Kevin Garnett made 5 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Anthony Peeler.
- Kobe Bryant made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Troy Hudson missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Robert Horry missed Tip Shot.
- Troy Hudson made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Troy Hudson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot.
- Troy Hudson made 22 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Anthony Peeler missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 25 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Radoslav Nesterovic missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Radoslav Nesterovic made Layup. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Kendall Gill missed 10 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kendall Gill missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made Jumper. Assisted by Radoslav Nesterovic.
- Robert Horry made Layup. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Radoslav Nesterovic missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 18 ft Jumper.
- Devean George missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Radoslav Nesterovic missed Layup.
- Radoslav Nesterovic made Layup.
- Derek Fisher missed Layup.
- Kendall Gill made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Troy Hudson.
- Devean George made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kevin Garnett missed 11 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Troy Hudson made 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Troy Hudson made Two Point Shot.
- Troy Hudson made 22 ft Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Mark Madsen missed 39 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Brian Shaw.
- Marc Jackson made 11 ft Jumper.
- Marc Jackson made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Derek Fisher missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Marc Jackson missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Robert Horry missed 34 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Troy Hudson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Brian Shaw missed 6 ft Hook Shot.
- Robert Horry made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Mark Madsen.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Layup. Assisted by Devean George.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Devean George missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kevin Garnett missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Brian Shaw made 21 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Anthony Peeler missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Rod Strickland made 18 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Kobe Bryant missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 9 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Kevin Garnett missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Robert Horry missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed Layup.
- Troy Hudson made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 5 ft Hook Shot.
- Kevin Garnett made 9 ft Two Point Shot.
- Devean George missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Joe Smith missed 21 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Two Point Shot.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Devean George made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Kevin Garnett missed 8 ft Hook Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Troy Hudson missed 24 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kevin Garnett made Layup.
- Shaquille O'Neal made 6 ft Hook Shot. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Derek Fisher made 20 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed Layup.
- Robert Horry made 20 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Wally Szczerbiak made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Devean George missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Devean George made Layup. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kobe Bryant made 23 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Derek Fisher.
- Kevin Garnett missed Layup.
- Derek Fisher missed 22 ft Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 24 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Anthony Peeler made 11 ft Jumper. Assisted by Radoslav Nesterovic.
- Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Radoslav Nesterovic missed 13 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Radoslav Nesterovic made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Troy Hudson.
- Robert Horry made 15 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Anthony Peeler missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Anthony Peeler missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Robert Horry made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Marc Jackson missed 18 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 28 ft Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Kevin Garnett missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Marc Jackson missed Tip Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kendall Gill made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Robert Horry missed 20 ft Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Layup.
- Kevin Garnett made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Wally Szczerbiak.
- Kevin Garnett missed 19 ft Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 12 ft Jumper.
- Robert Horry missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Derek Fisher made 14 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Marc Jackson missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Marc Jackson made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Kendall Gill made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kendall Gill made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kevin Garnett made 7 ft Two Point Shot.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed 8 ft Two Point Shot.
- Kobe Bryant missed Tip Shot.
- Marc Jackson missed 17 ft Jumper.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Mark Madsen missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Mark Madsen missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Joe Smith made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Mark Madsen missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett missed 9 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 19 ft Jumper.
- Joe Smith missed Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 15 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Joe Smith made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Kobe Bryant made 16 ft Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Kobe Bryant made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Robert Horry.
- Anthony Peeler missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Devean George made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Devean George made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Devean George made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kobe Bryant.
- Troy Hudson missed 14 ft Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Troy Hudson missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 19 ft Jumper. Assisted by Brian Shaw.
- Kevin Garnett missed 8 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Shaquille O'Neal made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Troy Hudson missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kevin Garnett made 23 ft Jumper.
- Kobe Bryant made 13 ft Jumper. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Kevin Garnett made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Troy Hudson.
- Devean George missed 28 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kendall Gill missed 23 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kendall Gill made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Kevin Garnett.
- Devean George made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Shaquille O'Neal.
- Troy Hudson made 18 ft Jumper.
- Devean George missed 6 ft Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Derek Fisher made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Devean George.
- Radoslav Nesterovic made Slam Dunk. Assisted by Troy Hudson.
- Robert Horry made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Robert Horry missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Robert Horry missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kobe Bryant missed 26 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Kendall Gill missed Layup.
- Derek Fisher made 22 ft Jumper.
- Troy Hudson missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jannero Pargo made Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Jannero Pargo missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Two Point Shot. Assisted by Marc Jackson.
- Wally Szczerbiak made Free Throw 1 of 1.
- Stanislav Medvedenko missed 16 ft Jumper.
- Gary Trent missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Gary Trent made Free Throw 2 of 2.
- Kareem Rush missed 25 ft Three Point Jumper.
- Jannero Pargo missed Layup.
- Stanislav Medvedenko made Layup.
- Kendall Gill missed Layup.
- Kendall Gill made Layup.
- Kareem Rush made 16 ft Jumper. Assisted by Mark Madsen.
- Gary Trent missed 7 ft Jumper.
- Kendall Gill missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
- Kendall Gill missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
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Matchups
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 64 | 18 | .780 | - | L2 |
| Denver | 54 | 28 | .659 | 10 | W12 |
| Minnesota | 49 | 33 | .598 | 15 | W2 |
| Portland | 42 | 40 | .512 | 22 | W2 |
| Utah | 22 | 60 | .268 | 42 | L1 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 53 | 29 | .646 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 45 | 37 | .549 | 8 | W1 |
| LA Clippers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 | W1 |
| Golden State | 37 | 45 | .451 | 16 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 22 | 60 | .268 | 31 | L1 |
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