Timberwolves 110-92 Lakers (18 Dec, 2021) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

16-14, 6-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	16	29	20	27	92
MIN	23	31	31	25	110

Minnesota Timberwolves

14-15, 8-9 home

110

D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 11-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 14-foot jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 1-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot hook shot
Anthony Davis blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 2-foot layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk
Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses running pullup jump shot
LeBron James blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 5-foot layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot layup
Malik Beasley makes dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)
Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Russell Westbrook blocks Naz Reid 's 9-foot layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 10-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell makes driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Naz Reid misses driving layup
Isaiah Thomas blocks Jaylen Nowell 's 4-foot driving layup
Naz Reid misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Jake Layman misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Jordan blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 26-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 27-foot step back jumpshot
Jake Layman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes 7-foot hook shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot hook shot
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes 9-foot two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes alley oop dunk shot (Malik Beasley assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Malik Beasley misses three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Malik Beasley makes dunk
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses driving floating jump shot
LeBron James blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 4-foot layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 15-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes layup
Malik Beasley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 27-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley makes 26-foot three point jumper (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Patrick Beverley misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaden McDaniels makes layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns makes hook shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Malik Beasley misses two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaden McDaniels makes 15-foot step back jumpshot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup (Naz Reid assists)
Malik Beasley makes 14-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses 8-foot two point shot
Jaylen Nowell makes driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Naz Reid makes 2-foot two point shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 26-foot three pointer
Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Patrick Beverley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 10-foot two point shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 17-foot jumper
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses 27-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 25-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley makes driving dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
Nathan Knight misses driving layup
Jordan McLaughlin misses driving floating jump shot
Nathan Knight makes dunk (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Anthony Davis makes alley oop layup (Kent Bazemore assists)
Kent Bazemore misses two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chaundee Brown misses driving floating jump shot
Anthony Davis makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Wayne Ellington misses three point jumper
Anthony Davis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis misses three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot
Rajon Rondo misses three point jumper
Chaundee Brown misses three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Chaundee Brown's two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Davis makes alley oop layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses three point jumper
Chaundee Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 1-foot driving dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kent Bazemore makes two point shot (Isaiah Thomas assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes three point jumper (Wayne Ellington assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks LeBron James 's 6-foot jumper
Isaiah Thomas misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James misses 16-foot jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup (Rajon Rondo assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 12-foot two point shot
Carmelo Anthony misses three point jumper
Kent Bazemore makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Kent Bazemore misses three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)
Isaiah Thomas makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Rajon Rondo makes 30-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Anthony Davis 's 2-foot layup
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Kent Bazemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
Wayne Ellington makes layup (LeBron James assists)
Anthony Davis makes alley oop dunk shot (LeBron James assists)
Kent Bazemore makes 23-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Kent Bazemore misses three point jumper
LeBron James misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
Wayne Ellington misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kent Bazemore misses driving layup
Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington makes three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
DeAndre Jordan makes alley oop dunk shot (Rajon Rondo assists)
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Carmelo Anthony misses three point jumper
Rajon Rondo misses 31-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Thomas makes driving floating jump shot (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Isaiah Thomas misses 13-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rajon Rondo assists)
Isaiah Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Thomas makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wayne Ellington assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt blocks LeBron James 's 6-foot driving layup
LeBron James makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt blocks LeBron James's driving layup
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Thomas misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes 27-foot three point jumper (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Patrick Beverley blocks Isaiah Thomas 's 5-foot driving layup
Wayne Ellington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chaundee Brown misses driving layup
Isaiah Thomas makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kent Bazemore assists)
Isaiah Thomas makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Wayne Ellington misses 26-foot three point jumper
Isaiah Thomas misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Wayne Ellington makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kent Bazemore assists)
Isaiah Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chaundee Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper

LAKERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		LAL	MIN
12:00	Anthony Davis vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (LeBron James gains possession)	0	0
11:43	LeBron James bad pass (D'Angelo Russell steals)	0	0
11:39	D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot step back jumpshot	0	0
11:37	Lakers defensive team rebound	0	0
11:24	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (D'Angelo Russell steals)	0	0
11:07	D'Angelo Russell lost ball turnover (Kent Bazemore steals)	0	0
10:58	Anthony Davis makes alley oop layup (Kent Bazemore assists)	2	0
10:56	Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:56	Kent Bazemore defensive rebound	2	0
10:49	Kent Bazemore misses two point shot	2	0
10:47	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	2	0
10:39	D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:38	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive rebound	2	0
10:37	Karl-Anthony Towns makes two point shot	2	2
10:37	Kent Bazemore shooting foul	2	2
10:37	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	2	3
10:27	Wayne Ellington misses 23-foot three point jumper	2	3
10:24	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	2	3
10:18	Malik Beasley misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	3
10:16	Anthony Davis defensive rebound	2	3
10:07	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	3
10:04	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	2	3
9:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 2-foot layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)	2	5
9:57	Kent Bazemore shooting foul	2	3
9:57	Chaundee Brown enters the game for Kent Bazemore	2	3
9:57	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	2	4
9:47	Chaundee Brown misses driving floating jump shot	2	6
9:43	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	2	6
9:29	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 11-foot hook shot	2	8
9:12	Anthony Davis makes dunk (Russell Westbrook assists)	4	8
8:49	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 14-foot jumper	4	8
8:46	Russell Westbrook defensive rebound	4	8
8:37	Wayne Ellington misses three point jumper	4	8
8:33	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	4	8
8:29	D'Angelo Russell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot	4	8
8:26	LeBron James defensive rebound	4	8
8:25	Patrick Beverley personal take foul	4	8
8:18	Anthony Davis misses 21-foot pullup jump shot	4	8
8:15	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	4	8
8:05	D'Angelo Russell makes 1-foot dunk (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)	4	10
8:05	Lakers Full timeout	4	10
7:54	Karl-Anthony Towns shooting foul	4	10
7:54	Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2	5	10
7:54	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2	5	10
7:52	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	5	10
7:40	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 6-foot hook shot	5	12
7:29	Anthony Davis misses three point jumper	5	12
7:26	D'Angelo Russell defensive rebound	5	12
7:17	Anthony Davis blocks Jarred Vanderbilt 's 2-foot layup	5	12
7:14	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	5	12
7:06	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper	5	12
7:04	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	5	12
7:04	Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk	5	14
6:48	Jarred Vanderbilt shooting foul	5	14
6:48	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	6	14
6:48	Jaden McDaniels enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	6	14
6:48	LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2	6	14
6:45	LeBron James offensive rebound	6	14
6:45	LeBron James makes two point shot	8	14
6:23	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive foul	8	14
6:23	Karl-Anthony Towns turnover	8	14
6:23	Rajon Rondo enters the game for Russell Westbrook	8	14
6:03	Rajon Rondo misses three point jumper	8	14
6:01	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	8	14
6:01	LeBron James loose ball foul	8	14
5:49	Jaden McDaniels makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)	8	17
5:36	Chaundee Brown misses three point jumper	8	16
5:32	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	8	16
5:24	Malik Beasley misses 28-foot three point jumper	8	16
5:21	LeBron James defensive rebound	8	16
5:18	Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Chaundee Brown's two point shot	8	16
5:15	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	8	16
5:12	Patrick Beverley misses running pullup jump shot	8	16
5:06	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	8	16
4:59	Wayne Ellington misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot	8	17
4:55	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	8	16
4:51	LeBron James blocks Jaden McDaniels 's 5-foot layup	8	16
4:49	Jaden McDaniels offensive rebound	8	16
4:44	Carmelo Anthony enters the game for Wayne Ellington	8	16
4:44	Anthony Davis personal foul	8	16
4:39	Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	16
4:37	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	8	16
4:34	Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	16
4:30	Carmelo Anthony defensive rebound	8	16
4:22	Anthony Davis makes alley oop layup (Rajon Rondo assists)	10	16
3:59	Patrick Beverley misses three point jumper	10	16
3:57	Lakers defensive team rebound	10	16
3:57	Russell Westbrook enters the game for LeBron James	10	16
3:57	Josh Okogie enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	10	16
3:41	Carmelo Anthony misses three point jumper	10	16
3:37	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	10	16
3:27	Carmelo Anthony blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 5-foot layup	10	16
3:24	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	10	16
3:23	Anthony Davis lost ball turnover (Patrick Beverley steals)	10	17
3:20	Malik Beasley makes dunk (Patrick Beverley assists)	10	18
2:59	Chaundee Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	18
2:55	Josh Okogie defensive rebound	10	18
2:42	Josh Okogie misses 27-foot three point jumper	10	18
2:40	Patrick Beverley offensive rebound	10	18
2:39	Jaden McDaniels misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	18
2:39	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	10	18
2:33	Josh Okogie shooting foul	10	19
2:33	Timberwolves Full timeout	10	18
2:33	D'Angelo Russell enters the game for Malik Beasley	10	19
2:33	Jaylen Nowell enters the game for Patrick Beverley	10	19
2:33	Naz Reid enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	10	19
2:33	Russell Westbrook makes free throw 1 of 2	11	19
2:33	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 2 of 2	11	19
2:30	Jaden McDaniels defensive rebound	11	19
2:09	Naz Reid misses 25-foot step back jumpshot	11	19
2:06	Rajon Rondo defensive rebound	11	19
1:54	Rajon Rondo bad pass (Jaylen Nowell steals)	11	19
1:47	Jaden McDaniels traveling	11	19
1:33	Josh Okogie personal foul	11	19
1:33	Russell Westbrook misses free throw 1 of 2	11	19
1:33	Lakers offensive team rebound	11	19
1:33	Russell Westbrook makes free throw 2 of 2	12	19
1:16	Russell Westbrook blocks Naz Reid 's 9-foot layup	12	19
1:16	Lakers defensive team rebound	12	19
1:02	Anthony Davis out of bounds bad pass turnover	12	19
57.3	Russell Westbrook shooting foul	12	19
57.3	Lakers Full timeout	12	19
57.3	LeBron James enters the game for Anthony Davis	12	19
57.3	Josh Okogie makes free throw 1 of 2	12	20
57.3	Josh Okogie makes free throw 2 of 2	12	21
51.3	Russell Westbrook makes two point shot	14	21
36.7	D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper	14	21
31.5	LeBron James defensive rebound	14	21
27.1	LeBron James makes 1-foot driving dunk (Rajon Rondo assists)	16	21
5.0	D'Angelo Russell makes 10-foot two point shot	16	23
0.7	Carmelo Anthony misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	23
0.1	Lakers offensive team rebound	16	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	16	23

Regular Season Series

MIN leads 2-0

Timberwolves
107
Lakers
83

Game 1

13/11

Lakers
92
Timberwolves
110

Game 2

18/12

Timberwolves
103
Lakers
108

Game 3

3/1

Lakers
104
Timberwolves
124

Game 4

17/3

Target Center

3:00 AM, 18 December 2021

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,136

Referees:
John Goble
Dedric Taylor
Jonathan Sterling

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Golden State	11	3	.786	-	W1
LA Lakers	10	5	.667	1.5	L1
Phoenix	9	7	.563	3	L5
LA Clippers	9	7	.563	3	W3
Sacramento	8	7	.533	3.5	L1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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