Timberwolves rout Lakers 117-95 in 1st-round series opener, overcoming Luka Doncic's 37 points

— Anthony Edwards was not at all surprised when the Minnesota Timberwolves showed enough talent and togetherness to turn Luka Doncic's playoff debut with the Lakers into a rout for the visitors.
Apr 20, 2025, 05:51 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

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According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Anthony Edwards makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Rudy Gobert assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Rui Hachimura makes 22-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Julius Randle makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes misses dunk
  • Jaden McDaniels misses two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Julius Randle misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 16-foot step back jumpshot
  • Luka Doncic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 11-foot step back jumpshot
  • Donte DiVincenzo misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gabe Vincent blocks Anthony Edwards 's 19-foot driving dunk
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Naz Reid makes driving layup
  • Luka Doncic makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Naz Reid misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Gabe Vincent makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses alley oop layup
  • Dorian Finney-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
  • Naz Reid makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Julius Randle misses 9-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving layup
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 14-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Austin Reaves misses driving floating jump shot
  • Naz Reid makes 29-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Julius Randle misses 24-foot three point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes layup
  • Jaxson Hayes misses alley oop dunk shot
  • Jaden McDaniels misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 11-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Mike Conley makes 22-foot running pullup jump shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Jaxson Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaxson Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Mike Conley makes technical free throw
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James blocks Nickeil Alexander-Walker 's 3-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
  • Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Naz Reid blocks LeBron James 's 3-foot driving layup
  • Donte DiVincenzo makes two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • Rudy Gobert blocks LeBron James 's 4-foot driving layup
  • Naz Reid makes 22-foot three point shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
  • Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
  • Donte DiVincenzo misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Naz Reid misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Naz Reid makes 23-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
  • LeBron James makes driving layup
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Donte DiVincenzo misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Julius Randle makes 22-foot three point step back jumpshot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes 1-foot dunk (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 22-foot three point shot
  • Donte DiVincenzo makes 30-foot three pointer
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • LeBron James misses 10-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Julius Randle makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
  • LeBron James makes 22-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
  • Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Julius Randle assists)
  • Luka Doncic misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Austin Reaves makes 22-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Julius Randle misses driving floating jump shot
  • Julius Randle makes two point shot
  • Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Mike Conley makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Rui Hachimura misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses tip shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 6-foot two point shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Naz Reid assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James blocks Rudy Gobert 's 8-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 23-foot three point shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 24-foot three pointer
  • Naz Reid makes 22-foot three point jumper (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Naz Reid misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Gabe Vincent misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Austin Reaves makes technical free throw
  • Luka Doncic makes driving layup
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Donte DiVincenzo makes driving layup (Naz Reid assists)
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 6-foot pullup jump shot
  • Mike Conley makes 10-foot driving floating jump shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
  • Austin Reaves makes driving layup
  • Donte DiVincenzo misses 19-foot jumper
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Luka Doncic makes 41-foot three point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Julius Randle makes 11-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 2-foot two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
  • Luka Doncic makes technical free throw
  • Anthony Edwards makes 12-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic makes layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Julius Randle makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Jarred Vanderbilt misses driving layup
  • Mike Conley misses two point shot
  • Gabe Vincent misses running pullup jump shot
  • Jarred Vanderbilt makes tip shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • LeBron James blocks Julius Randle 's 1-foot two point shot
  • Luka Doncic misses driving layup
  • Luka Doncic misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Edwards makes 28-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nickeil Alexander-Walker blocks Dorian Finney-Smith 's 3-foot layup
  • LeBron James makes 1-foot driving dunk (Rui Hachimura assists)
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 10-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Dorian Finney-Smith misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
  • Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
  • Naz Reid blocks Rui Hachimura 's 22-foot three point jumper
  • Donte DiVincenzo makes 1-foot dunk
  • LeBron James misses 22-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Edwards misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jaden McDaniels makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Julius Randle assists)
  • LeBron James misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Donte DiVincenzo misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Bronny James misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Shake Milton misses driving floating jump shot
  • Bronny James misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Dalton Knecht makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jaylen Clark makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jaylen Clark makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dalton Knecht misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dalton Knecht misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Terrence Shannon Jr. misses driving layup
  • Luka Garza makes dunk
  • Alex Len misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Josh Minott misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dalton Knecht makes 25-foot three pointer (Jordan Goodwin assists)
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