Timberwolves 124-104 Lakers (17 Mar, 2022) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

29-40, 9-23 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	17	29	31	27	104
MIN	31	36	19	38	124

Minnesota Timberwolves

41-30, 23-12 home

124

Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot pullup jump shot
Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
Dwight Howard blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot driving layup
D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley makes two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)
Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot step back jumpshot
Taurean Prince misses 22-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses three point pullup jump shot
Taurean Prince makes driving layup
Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards misses 61-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
D'Angelo Russell makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Nathan Knight makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 26-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell makes 2-foot layup (Karl-Anthony Towns assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
Jarred Vanderbilt makes dunk (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Karl-Anthony Towns misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 2-foot driving layup
Karl-Anthony Towns makes driving layup
LeBron James blocks D'Angelo Russell 's 2-foot driving layup
Patrick Beverley misses 20-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot step back jumpshot
D'Angelo Russell misses 25-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three pointer
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
Patrick Beverley makes two point shot
Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper
D'Angelo Russell misses 75-foot three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Karl-Anthony Towns misses dunk
D'Angelo Russell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince misses 27-foot three point jumper
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes 2-foot two point shot (D'Angelo Russell assists)
D'Angelo Russell misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Taurean Prince misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jarred Vanderbilt misses two point shot
Jarred Vanderbilt misses 1-foot tip shot
Jarred Vanderbilt makes 1-foot dunk (Malik Beasley assists)
LeBron James blocks Patrick Beverley 's 2-foot driving layup
Anthony Edwards makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malik Beasley assists)
Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
Nathan Knight makes dunk
Malik Beasley misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Anthony Edwards misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
Taurean Prince misses step back jumpshot
Malik Beasley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jaylen Nowell misses driving layup
Jaylen Nowell makes two point shot
Jordan McLaughlin makes two point shot (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
Jaylen Nowell makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Jaylen Nowell misses three point pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 7-foot two point shot
Taurean Prince makes 24-foot three point jumper (D'Angelo Russell assists)
Jaylen Nowell makes 26-foot three pointer
Taurean Prince makes three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Nowell assists)
Jaylen Nowell misses 23-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince misses 25-foot three point jumper
Taurean Prince makes three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Karl-Anthony Towns makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Patrick Beverley assists)
Patrick Beverley makes 26-foot three pointer
Jake Layman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Leandro Bolmaro assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot jumper
LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot
LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
Austin Reaves misses three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (Malik Monk assists)
LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Austin Reaves makes pullup jump shot
Russell Westbrook misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Carmelo Anthony misses 23-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes alley oop layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point shot
Patrick Beverley blocks Malik Monk's three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes 14-foot two point shot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)
Talen Horton-Tucker misses 23-foot step back jumpshot
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Talen Horton-Tucker makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot
Wenyen Gabriel misses two point shot
LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Wayne Ellington makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses layup
LeBron James misses layup
LeBron James misses three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Avery Bradley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington makes 23-foot three point jumper (Avery Bradley assists)
Talen Horton-Tucker misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Dwight Howard misses two point shot
Talen Horton-Tucker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Karl-Anthony Towns blocks Talen Horton-Tucker 's 3-foot driving layup
Carmelo Anthony misses layup
LeBron James misses driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes dunk (Dwight Howard assists)
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Malik Monk makes alley oop layup (Russell Westbrook assists)
LeBron James makes two point shot
Carmelo Anthony misses 22-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 24-foot three point jumper
Wayne Ellington misses 26-foot three point jumper
LeBron James misses two point shot
Russell Westbrook makes driving layup
Carmelo Anthony makes driving layup (Malik Monk assists)
Malik Monk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard misses layup
LeBron James makes two point shot (Malik Monk assists)
Russell Westbrook misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
LeBron James makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
Malik Monk misses 24-foot three point shot
Austin Reaves makes 25-foot three point jumper (Russell Westbrook assists)
Carmelo Anthony makes 24-foot three point jumper (Malik Monk assists)
Austin Reaves makes dunk (LeBron James assists)
Malik Monk makes 25-foot three pointer (Austin Reaves assists)
Russell Westbrook makes 24-foot three point jumper
Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley blocks LeBron James 's 4-foot two point shot
Wayne Ellington misses 24-foot three point jumper
LeBron James makes two point shot (Carmelo Anthony assists)
Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point jumper
D.J. Augustin misses driving layup
Anthony Edwards blocks Carmelo Anthony 's 2-foot two point shot
LeBron James makes layup (Wayne Ellington assists)
LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Avery Bradley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Wenyen Gabriel misses 26-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses driving layup
Stanley Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (D.J. Augustin assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stanley Johnson assists)
D.J. Augustin makes 9-foot two point shot
Avery Bradley makes two point shot (Russell Westbrook assists)
Wenyen Gabriel makes layup
D.J. Augustin makes driving layup
Wenyen Gabriel misses 24-foot three point jumper
Avery Bradley makes two point shot
LeBron James makes 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk misses 23-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook misses pullup jump shot
Avery Bradley misses two point shot
Malik Monk makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
LeBron James misses 28-foot three point jumper
Russell Westbrook makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
Russell Westbrook misses three point jumper
Patrick Beverley blocks Malik Monk 's 26-foot three point jumper
Malik Monk makes 3-foot two point shot
Wenyen Gabriel makes layup
Malik Monk makes 22-foot step back jumpshot
Malik Monk misses 25-foot step back jumpshot
Wenyen Gabriel makes two point shot
Taurean Prince blocks Austin Reaves 's 25-foot three point pullup jump shot

LAKERS

TIMBERWOLVES

TIME		LAL	MIN
12:00	Dwight Howard vs. Karl-Anthony Towns (Jarred Vanderbilt gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Karl-Anthony Towns bad pass (Russell Westbrook steals)	0	0
11:41	Russell Westbrook misses 15-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	0	0
11:29	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	LeBron James misses 15-foot two point shot	0	0
11:16	Karl-Anthony Towns defensive rebound	0	0
11:09	Karl-Anthony Towns misses three point jumper	0	0
11:07	Lakers defensive team rebound	0	0
11:07	Jarred Vanderbilt loose ball foul	0	0
10:53	LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:50	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	0	0
10:41	Karl-Anthony Towns makes layup	0	2
10:20	Austin Reaves misses three point jumper	0	2
10:18	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	0	2
10:14	D'Angelo Russell misses 24-foot three point shot	0	2
10:11	LeBron James defensive rebound	0	2
9:57	Russell Westbrook misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	2
9:55	Timberwolves defensive team rebound	0	2
9:42	Karl-Anthony Towns misses layup	0	2
9:40	Austin Reaves defensive rebound	0	2
9:35	LeBron James makes alley oop dunk shot (Malik Monk assists)	2	2
9:27	Karl-Anthony Towns makes 9-foot pullup jump shot	2	4
9:27	Russell Westbrook shooting foul	2	4
9:27	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 1	2	5
9:10	LeBron James makes 23-foot jumper (Malik Monk assists)	4	5
8:51	Patrick Beverley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	4	8
8:40	Russell Westbrook technical foul (1st technical foul)	4	8
8:40	D'Angelo Russell misses technical free throw	4	8
8:40	Lakers defensive team rebound	4	8
8:35	Austin Reaves makes pullup jump shot	6	8
8:23	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive charge	6	8
8:23	Karl-Anthony Towns turnover	6	8
8:15	Dwight Howard offensive foul	6	8
8:15	Dwight Howard turnover	6	8
8:04	Karl-Anthony Towns 3 second turnover	6	8
7:55	Russell Westbrook misses 16-foot pullup jump shot	6	8
7:51	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	6	8
7:44	Anthony Edwards misses 11-foot pullup jump shot	6	8
7:41	Patrick Beverley offensive rebound	6	8
7:35	Karl-Anthony Towns offensive foul	6	8
7:35	Karl-Anthony Towns turnover	6	8
7:35	Carmelo Anthony enters the game for LeBron James	6	8
7:22	Carmelo Anthony misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:19	Jarred Vanderbilt defensive rebound	6	8
7:09	D'Angelo Russell misses 13-foot pullup jump shot	6	8
7:09	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	6	8
7:09	Malik Monk loose ball foul	6	8
7:00	Patrick Beverley makes driving layup	6	10
6:50	Austin Reaves lost ball turnover (Jarred Vanderbilt steals)	6	10
6:45	Dwight Howard personal foul	6	10
6:45	Timberwolves Full timeout	6	10
6:45	Malik Beasley enters the game for Anthony Edwards	6	10
6:36	Dwight Howard blocks Karl-Anthony Towns 's 3-foot driving layup	6	10
6:35	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	6	10
6:27	shot clock turnover	6	10
6:16	Carmelo Anthony makes alley oop layup (Russell Westbrook assists)	8	10
5:58	D'Angelo Russell misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:55	Malik Monk defensive rebound	8	10
5:50	Malik Monk out of bounds bad pass turnover	8	10
5:50	Talen Horton-Tucker enters the game for Russell Westbrook	8	10
5:37	Malik Beasley misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:33	Malik Monk defensive rebound	8	10
5:28	Carmelo Anthony misses 25-foot three point shot	8	10
5:25	Dwight Howard offensive rebound	8	10
5:23	Patrick Beverley blocks Malik Monk's three point jumper	8	10
5:23	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	8	10
5:17	Patrick Beverley makes two point shot (Malik Beasley assists)	8	12
5:05	Carmelo Anthony makes 14-foot two point shot (Talen Horton-Tucker assists)	10	12
4:53	Patrick Beverley misses 24-foot three point jumper	10	12
4:50	Jarred Vanderbilt offensive rebound	10	12
4:42	Carmelo Anthony personal foul	10	12
4:42	Jordan McLaughlin enters the game for D'Angelo Russell	10	12
4:42	LeBron James enters the game for Austin Reaves	10	12
4:42	Wenyen Gabriel enters the game for Dwight Howard	10	12
4:36	Carmelo Anthony defensive 3-seconds (technical foul)	10	12
4:36	Malik Beasley makes technical free throw	10	13
4:32	Wenyen Gabriel shooting foul	10	13
4:32	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 1 of 2	10	14
4:32	Karl-Anthony Towns makes free throw 2 of 2	10	15
4:13	Talen Horton-Tucker misses 23-foot step back jumpshot	10	15
4:11	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	10	15
4:10	Talen Horton-Tucker personal foul	10	15
4:10	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 1 of 2	10	16
4:10	Patrick Beverley makes free throw 2 of 2	10	17
3:52	Malik Beasley shooting foul	10	17
3:52	Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 1 of 2	11	17
3:52	Anthony Edwards enters the game for Patrick Beverley	11	17
3:52	Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 2 of 2	12	17
3:45	Jordan McLaughlin bad pass (LeBron James steals)	12	17
3:43	LeBron James offensive charge	12	17
3:43	LeBron James turnover	12	17
3:36	Karl-Anthony Towns makes dunk (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)	12	19
3:14	LeBron James misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	12	19
3:11	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	12	19
3:03	Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)	12	22
3:03	Lakers Full timeout	12	22
3:03	Taurean Prince enters the game for Jarred Vanderbilt	12	22
3:03	Nathan Knight enters the game for Karl-Anthony Towns	12	22
3:03	Russell Westbrook enters the game for Malik Monk	12	22
2:48	Taurean Prince personal foul	12	22
2:33	Talen Horton-Tucker makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot	14	22
2:20	Anthony Edwards misses driving layup	14	22
2:17	Wenyen Gabriel defensive rebound	14	22
2:12	Nathan Knight shooting foul	14	22
2:12	Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 1 of 2	15	22
2:12	Wenyen Gabriel makes free throw 2 of 2	16	22
2:09	Jordan McLaughlin bad pass (Wenyen Gabriel steals)	16	22
2:04	Wenyen Gabriel misses two point shot	16	22
2:00	Lakers offensive team rebound	16	22
1:54	LeBron James misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	22
1:52	Talen Horton-Tucker offensive rebound	16	22
1:49	Carmelo Anthony misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	22
1:46	Taurean Prince defensive rebound	16	22
1:31	Anthony Edwards makes 14-foot step back jumpshot	16	24
1:23	Taurean Prince shooting foul	16	24
1:23	LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2	17	24
1:23	LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2	17	24
1:21	Malik Beasley defensive rebound	17	24
1:12	Taurean Prince misses 22-foot three point jumper	17	24
1:08	Nathan Knight offensive rebound	17	24
1:04	Anthony Edwards misses three point pullup jump shot	17	24
1:03	Taurean Prince offensive rebound	17	24
58.5	Taurean Prince makes driving layup	17	26
52.0	Wayne Ellington enters the game for Wenyen Gabriel	17	26
48.3	LeBron James misses 20-foot pullup jump shot	17	26
45.3	Nathan Knight defensive rebound	17	26
25.5	Malik Beasley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan McLaughlin assists)	17	29
6.6	LeBron James bad pass (Jordan McLaughlin steals)	17	29
2.9	Anthony Edwards makes two point shot	17	31
0.9	Talen Horton-Tucker steps out of bounds turnover	17	31
0.0	Anthony Edwards misses 61-foot three point jumper	17	31
0.0	Timberwolves offensive team rebound	17	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	17	31

Regular Season Series

MIN wins 3-1

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

12:00 AM, 17 March 2022

Minneapolis, MN

Attendance: 17,136

Referees:
John Goble
Michael Smith
Aaron Smith

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	16	.448	3.5	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	22	5	.815	-	W7
Denver	14	11	.560	7	L1
Minnesota	14	13	.519	8	L2
Portland	9	19	.321	13.5	L1
Utah	7	20	.259	15	W2

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