Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 1 • MIN leads series 1-0
49-33, 24-17 Away
117
49-33, 24-17 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 21 | 38 | 35 | 23 | 117 |
LAL | 28 | 20 | 30 | 17 | 95 |
50-32, 31-10 Home
95
50-32, 31-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- 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
- 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
- Anthony Edwards misses driving floating jump shot
- Naz Reid makes 24-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo makes two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 67.9
Win %: LAL, 67.9
Win %: LAL, 71.2
Win %: LAL, 71.8
Win %: LAL, 67.9
Win %: LAL, 69.7
Win %: LAL, 70.3
Win %: LAL, 68.4
Win %: LAL, 70.2
Win %: LAL, 74.0
Win %: LAL, 76.0
Win %: LAL, 73.9
Win %: LAL, 75.9
Win %: LAL, 74.3
Win %: LAL, 75.9
Win %: LAL, 77.7
Win %: LAL, 75.8
Win %: LAL, 74.2
Win %: LAL, 73.7
Win %: LAL, 75.2
Win %: LAL, 75.7
Win %: LAL, 79.4
Win %: LAL, 75.6
Win %: LAL, 74.0
Win %: LAL, 73.5
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:Brian Forte
Referee:Marc Davis
Referee:Tyler Ford
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 55 | 15 | .786 | - | W10 |
| Denver | 43 | 28 | .606 | 12.5 | W1 |
| Minnesota | 43 | 28 | .606 | 12.5 | L1 |
| Portland | 35 | 36 | .493 | 20.5 | W3 |
| Utah | 21 | 49 | .300 | 34 | W1 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 45 | 25 | .643 | - | W8 |
| Phoenix | 39 | 31 | .557 | 6 | L4 |
| LA Clippers | 34 | 36 | .486 | 11 | L4 |
| Golden State | 33 | 37 | .471 | 12 | L2 |
| Sacramento | 18 | 53 | .254 | 27.5 | L2 |
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