Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers
West 1st Round - Game 5 • MIN wins series 4-1
49-33, 24-17 Away
103
49-33, 24-17 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MIN | 31 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 103 |
LAL | 22 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 96 |
50-32, 31-10 Home
96
50-32, 31-10 Home
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Julius Randle makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
- Luka Doncic misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes layup (Julius Randle assists)
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot (LeBron James assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Julius Randle makes two point shot
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 1
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving dunk (Mike Conley assists)
- LeBron James misses 12-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes 1-foot driving dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Rui Hachimura misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes two point shot
- Julius Randle makes 28-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 22-foot three point jumper (Julius Randle assists)
- Naz Reid misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses 14-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Naz Reid misses two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 26-foot three pointer
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 1 of 2
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
- Naz Reid makes 7-foot two point shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Gabe Vincent misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk (Naz Reid assists)
- LeBron James makes driving layup
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Maxi Kleber makes free throw 1 of 2
- Maxi Kleber makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses 4-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- LeBron James misses 19-foot two point shot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 3
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 3
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 3 of 3
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 47-foot three point pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes driving dunk (Gabe Vincent assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 13-foot two point shot
- Austin Reaves makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo makes free throw 1 of 2
- Donte DiVincenzo misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes two point shot (Gabe Vincent assists)
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 1
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert makes 2-foot dunk
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jarred Vanderbilt makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup
- Rui Hachimura makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 1
- Mike Conley makes 22-foot three point jumper (Naz Reid assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rui Hachimura makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 2-foot two point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes 10-foot step back jumpshot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rudy Gobert misses tip shot
- Rudy Gobert misses layup
- Rui Hachimura misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 31-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses running pullup jump shot
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Rudy Gobert makes alley oop dunk shot (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Austin Reaves misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 27-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James makes 1-foot driving dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Austin Reaves makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 1
- Donte DiVincenzo makes 2-foot two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- LeBron James misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes 15-foot jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses running pullup jump shot
- LeBron James makes dunk (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Austin Reaves misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses 13-foot two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jaden McDaniels makes driving layup (Mike Conley assists)
- Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (Austin Reaves assists)
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Julius Randle assists)
- LeBron James makes 2-foot layup (Austin Reaves assists)
- LeBron James misses free throw 1 of 1
- Julius Randle misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards makes 8-foot two point shot
- Luka Doncic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
- Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 2
- Mike Conley makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Julius Randle misses two point shot
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk
- Luka Doncic makes driving layup (Dorian Finney-Smith assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses free throw 1 of 2
- Anthony Edwards makes free throw 2 of 2
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Julius Randle makes driving layup (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic makes 22-foot three point shot (Jarred Vanderbilt assists)
- Julius Randle makes 9-foot two point shot (Donte DiVincenzo assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 8-foot two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Rui Hachimura makes dunk (Luka Doncic assists)
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dorian Finney-Smith makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Anthony Edwards misses two point shot
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes 1-foot dunk (Nickeil Alexander-Walker assists)
- Luka Doncic misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses driving floating jump shot
- LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
- LeBron James misses free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses two point shot
- Anthony Edwards misses driving layup
- Rudy Gobert makes two point shot
- Austin Reaves misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle misses 8-foot two point shot
- Dorian Finney-Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid makes free throw 1 of 2
- Naz Reid misses free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura makes driving layup (LeBron James assists)
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Naz Reid misses 15-foot two point shot
- Rui Hachimura misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
- Julius Randle makes 11-foot two point shot
- LeBron James misses 22-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Austin Reaves makes 27-foot three pointer
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- Rui Hachimura misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rudy Gobert misses free throw 1 of 2
- Rudy Gobert makes free throw 2 of 2
- Luka Doncic makes free throw 1 of 2
- Luka Doncic misses free throw 2 of 2
- Mike Conley misses driving floating jump shot
- Luka Doncic makes 10-foot two point shot
- Julius Randle misses driving floating jump shot
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaden McDaniels makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James misses 11-foot two point shot
- Donte DiVincenzo misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Rudy Gobert makes dunk
- Maxi Kleber misses 24-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 14-foot two point shot
- Jaden McDaniels misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Luka Doncic misses 28-foot three point jumper
- LeBron James misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Anthony Edwards misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Julius Randle makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Edwards assists)
- LeBron James makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle makes driving layup (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Luka Doncic misses driving layup
- Anthony Edwards makes two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
- LeBron James misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Anthony Edwards misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Rui Hachimura makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
- Mike Conley makes 22-foot three point jumper (Anthony Edwards assists)
- Austin Reaves misses driving layup
- Julius Randle misses 26-foot jump bank shot
- Gabe Vincent misses 26-foot three point shot
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle makes free throw 2 of 2
- LeBron James makes driving layup (Luka Doncic assists)
- Julius Randle makes free throw 1 of 2
- Julius Randle misses free throw 2 of 2
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: LAL, 60.3
Win %: LAL, 57.4
Win %: LAL, 55.6
Win %: LAL, 55.0
Win %: LAL, 56.7
Win %: LAL, 57.3
Win %: LAL, 55.0
Win %: LAL, 52.7
Win %: LAL, 52.3
Win %: MIN, 50.4
Win %: MIN, 53.3
Win %: LAL, 50.7
Win %: LAL, 51.4
Win %: MIN, 50.5
Win %: LAL, 51.4
Win %: LAL, 52.0
Win %: LAL, 50/50
Win %: MIN, 50.7
Win %: LAL, 51.2
Win %: MIN, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 51.2
Win %: MIN, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 51.1
Win %: MIN, 50.8
Win %: LAL, 51.1
MIN @ LAL Videos
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Matchups
Game Information
Los Angeles, CA
Referee:James Williams
Referee:John Goble
Referee:Ray Acosta
2025-26 Standings
Western Conference
| Northwest | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City | 51 | 15 | .773 | - | W6 |
| Minnesota | 40 | 25 | .615 | 10.5 | L2 |
| Denver | 39 | 26 | .600 | 11.5 | L2 |
| Portland | 31 | 35 | .470 | 20 | L1 |
| Utah | 20 | 45 | .308 | 30.5 | W1 |
| Pacific | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 40 | 25 | .615 | - | W3 |
| Phoenix | 38 | 27 | .585 | 2 | W3 |
| LA Clippers | 32 | 32 | .500 | 7.5 | W2 |
| Golden State | 32 | 33 | .492 | 8 | L3 |
| Sacramento | 16 | 50 | .242 | 24.5 | W2 |
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