Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 2 • Series tied 1-1
49-33, 24-17 Away
85
49-33, 24-17 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 15 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 85 |
LAL | 34 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 94 |
50-32, 31-10 Home
94
50-32, 31-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes 14-foot two point shot (Julius Randle assists)
- Jaxson Hayes makes alley oop layup (LeBron James assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- Jaden McDaniels misses 13-foot two point shot
- Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three pointer
- Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle misses 23-foot jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes 11-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Julius Randle makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
- Luka Doncic misses 19-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Gabe Vincent makes 24-foot three point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Rudy Gobert misses 1-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 27-foot three point shot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes driving layup
- Donte DiVincenzo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donte DiVincenzo makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 21-foot jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Luka Doncic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Naz Reid misses driving layup
- Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards makes 26-foot three pointer (Julius Randle assists)
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Naz Reid misses 30-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Gabe Vincent makes 27-foot three point jumper (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
- Jarred Vanderbilt misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Gabe Vincent misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes driving layup
- Jaden McDaniels misses layup
- Jaden McDaniels makes tip shot
- Austin Reaves makes 4-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes 22-foot pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle makes 13-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 20-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes 12-foot two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Julius Randle makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes 7-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes 14-foot two point shot (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle makes 4-foot driving floating jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Terrence Shannon Jr. makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot (Jaden McDaniels assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Mike Conley misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 2-foot dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses 21-foot pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- LeBron James misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 3-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 17-foot step back jumpshot
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes 8-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes 3-foot layup (LeBron James assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Edwards makes 1-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura misses driving layup
- Jaxson Hayes misses 9-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 25-foot three point shot
- Anthony Edwards makes 1-foot driving dunk (Julius Randle assists)
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 1 of 2
- Austin Reaves makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle misses free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses 5-foot hook shot
- Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
- Luka Doncic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point shot
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot
- Luka Doncic makes 16-foot two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses driving floating jump shot
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 22-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- Julius Randle misses 10-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 23-foot three point shot
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes 3-foot two point shot
- Luka Doncic makes driving layup
- Naz Reid misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 4-foot two point shot
- Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle misses free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle makes 5-foot layup (Naz Reid assists)
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 1
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Luka Doncic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot alley oop dunk shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Luka Doncic misses driving floating jump shot
- Donte DiVincenzo makes two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses two point shot
- Rui Hachimura makes alley oop layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 16-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes 26-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
- Naz Reid makes 7-foot two point shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 2-foot layup (Julius Randle assists)
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley misses 26-foot three point shot
- Luka Doncic makes technical free throw
- LeBron James misses 3-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 13-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Luka Doncic misses driving layup
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses layup
- Julius Randle misses 24-foot three point shot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- LeBron James misses layup
- Jaden McDaniels makes 12-foot two point shot
- Luka Doncic misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Austin Reaves assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 6-foot pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses layup
- Naz Reid makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Julius Randle assists)
- LeBron James makes two point shot
- LeBron James misses alley oop layup
- Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes 2-foot driving dunk
- Anthony Edwards misses 30-foot three point pullup jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 65.7
Win %: LAL, 64.3
Win %: LAL, 63.8
Win %: LAL, 65.1
Win %: LAL, 63.7
Win %: LAL, 60.9
Win %: LAL, 63.5
Win %: LAL, 59.5
Win %: LAL, 61.2
Win %: LAL, 63.3
Win %: LAL, 65.5
Win %: LAL, 65.4
Win %: LAL, 63.8
Win %: LAL, 63.2
Win %: LAL, 60.5
Win %: LAL, 58.0
Win %: LAL, 59.8
Win %: LAL, 60.4
Win %: LAL, 65.1
Win %: LAL, 66.9
Win %: LAL, 67.4
Win %: LAL, 69.5
Win %: LAL, 71.2
Win %: LAL, 71.8
Win %: LAL, 74.8
Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:James Capers
Referee:Ben Taylor
Referee:Justin Van Duyne
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 55 | 15 | .786 | - | W10 |
| Minnesota | 43 | 27 | .614 | 12 | W2 |
| Denver | 42 | 28 | .600 | 13 | L1 |
| Portland | 34 | 36 | .486 | 21 | W2 |
| 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 | 36 | .478 | 11.5 | L1 |
| Sacramento | 18 | 53 | .254 | 27.5 | L2 |
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