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Minnesota Timberwolves at Los Angeles Lakers

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Minnesota Timberwolves
Los Angeles Lakers

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

MIN

Season leaders, per game

LAL
The teams side by side: Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers compared, with league ranks
MINStatLAL
49–33Record53–29
Offense
3.3(better), 10th in the leagueNet rating14th in the league, 1.8
114.6, 12th in the leagueOffensive rating8th in the league, 116.2(better)
102.5, 10th in the leaguePace22nd in the league, 100.0
55.9, 7th in the leagueeFG%2nd in the league, 57.3(better)
12.4(better), 18th in the leagueTOV%20th in the league, 12.6
25.7(better), 15th in the leagueOREB%22nd in the league, 23.9
0.285, 7th in the leagueFT rate1st in the league, 0.320(better)
Defense
111.3(better), 8th in the leagueDefensive rating19th in the league, 114.4
52.9(better), 5th in the leagueOpp. eFG%22nd in the league, 55.5
12.4, 15th in the leagueOpp. TOV%11th in the league, 12.6(better)
73.7, 20th in the leagueDREB%13th in the league, 74.3(better)
0.282, 25th in the leagueOpp. FT rate5th in the league, 0.241(better)

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Minnesota Timberwolves

  • Donte DiVincenzoOut· back Apr 1
    Report note

    DiVincenzo will have his surgery done by Dr. Martin O'Malley, the same surgeon who repaired the torn right Achilles of Jayson Tatum in May of 2025. The fact that the procedure is taking place within 24 hours of DiVincenzo's injury should help with the recovery, though it would be unfair to expect the veteran guard to return as quickly as Tatum did, which took approximately 10 months for the latter. It seems more likely that DiVincenzo will miss the entire 2026-27 season, though if he does progress enough to return, it wouldn't be until late in the regular season. The Timberwolves will also be without Anthony Edwards (knee) for multiple weeks, so the team will turn to Ayo Dosunmu, Mike Conley and Bones Hyland to carry more of the load for the rest of the postseason.

    Cost -3.6 per 100

Los Angeles Lakers

Nobody listed.

Key players · MIN: Minnesota Timberwolves key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Anthony Edwards35.028.85.03.721.6 / 4.0 / 4.02.5
Jaden McDaniels31.714.84.22.718.8 / 4.6 / 2.01.2
Rudy Gobert31.310.911.51.78.4 / 11.0 / 1.61.7
Donte DiVincenzo30.512.24.13.810.0 / 2.4 / 2.83.5
LaMelo Ball28.020.14.87.127.0 / 5.2 / 7.43.7
Key players · LAL: Los Angeles Lakers key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Luka Doncic35.833.57.78.334.0 / 6.0 / 7.04.6
Austin Reaves34.523.34.75.520.8 / 4.4 / 5.43.2
Quentin Grimes29.513.43.63.39.8 / 2.6 / 1.40.1
Jake LaRavia25.28.24.01.87.2 / 5.2 / 2.0-0.3
Collin Sexton23.715.42.33.318.2 / 5.2 / 3.0-1.0

Last five games

Minnesota Timberwolves: Minnesota Timberwolves: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 15 vs SASLost 109–139––
May 12 @ SASLost 97–126––
May 10 vs SASWon 114–109––
May 8 vs SASLost 108–115––
May 6 @ SASLost 95–133––
Los Angeles Lakers: Los Angeles Lakers: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 11 vs OKCLost 110–115––
May 9 vs OKCLost 108–131––
May 7 @ OKCLost 107–125––
May 5 @ OKCLost 90–108––
May 1 @ HOUWon 98–78––

Standings

Full standings
Western Conference
#TeamWLPCTGBL10
2SAS6220.75628-2
3DEN5428.6591010-0
4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
6MIN4933.598155-5
7PHX4537.549195-5
8POR4240.512227-3

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

MIN attack against LAL defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.7 (lg 49.8) , 12th in the league12.5 (lg 13.6) , 28th in the league15.0 (lg 14.2) , 7th in the league
Forwards37.8 (lg 37.4) , 14th in the league14.4 (lg 15.3) , 23rd in the league7.2 (lg 7.0) , 12th in the league
Centers9.8 (lg 10.7) , 22nd in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.9 (lg 1.9) , 13th in the league
LAL attack against MIN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.2 (lg 49.8) , 10th in the league14.0 (lg 13.6) , 9th in the league14.5 (lg 14.2) , 11th in the league
Forwards36.2 (lg 37.4) , 20th in the league15.2 (lg 15.3) , 15th in the league6.3 (lg 7.0) , 27th in the league
Centers11.3 (lg 10.7) , 11th in the league7.8 (lg 7.5) , 10th in the league2.5 (lg 1.9) , 2nd in the league

The box score appears at tip-off.