OUT: 2Ws. A really disappointing loss for LA - some really poor reffing didn't
help a bit but it wouldn't have mattered if LA was shooting decent. Only AD/LBJ
had a decent game - the rest of them couldn't manage DFs and Wood was the only
one that came close to shooting decent (2-4). Lakers pretty much dominated all
the other stats exc BLKs - just shooting and mediocre D cost them a W.
106-108 Lakers lose by 2.

FBP: 6 vs 3; PIP: 52 vs 48; POT: 19 vs 12; SCP: 15 vs 11.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
Davis 33 (71 /50 /80 )/17/ 8/ 2/ 4/ 2/ 3/ -6/ +0 DD
James 26 (48 /25 /71 )/ 3/ 6/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 2/ -5/ +0

Next games following:
Game 34 LAL at NOP: Sun Dec 31 16:00 BT -- Smoothie King Center
Game 35 LAL vs MIA: Wed Jan 03 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com Arena
Game 36 LAL vs MEM: Fri Jan 05 19:00 -- -- Crypto.com Arena

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Quarterly Laker scoring leaders/notes (pluses OR/ST/BL; minuses TO/PF/oOR):

Q1 - LA starts strong with a DD lead in 5ml then starts giving back - refs
missing a lot of MIN PFs getting RUI a TF - shooting 52/50/67% vs
55/40/100%; pluses 4/3/0; minuses 4/1/1. Davis 17, James 6, Reaves 4.
31-29=+2Q.

Q2 - Terrible O/D in Q2, need to step it up - shooting 33/17/79% vs 61/50/100%;
pluses 2/5/2; minuses 2/5/1. Russell 5, Davis/James 4. 26-32=-6Q.

Q3 - C'mon guys where's the E/A and some O/D - shooting 29/13/88% vs 47/14/67%;
pluses 1/3/0; minuses 1/4/2. Davis 7, James 6, Vanderbilt 4.
20-21=-1Q (77-82=-5). DLo leaves game with a tailbone contusion.

Q4 - This shoulda been a solid W if the Lakers had any kind of decent shooting
and better H1 D - worst ref'd game I've seen in a long time - Lakers get a
bad call on LBJ's 3 and they blow the last play for the L - shooting
53/50/71% vs 37/36/73%; pluses 1/1/3; minuses 3/5/3. 29-26=+3Q.

H1 - Too bad Q2 wasn't better than Q1 - AD & LBJ the only ones doing anything -
shooting 44/25/77% vs 58/44/100%; pluses 6/8/2; minuses 6/6/2. Davis 21,
James 10, Reaves 6, Hachimura/Russell 5. 57-61=-4H.

H2 - It was only a -2 H and any kinda decent O woulda won it - shooting
40/31/80% vs 42/28/71%; pluses 2/4/2; minuses 4/9/5. 49-47=-2H.

FG - Nobody likes a 1 poss loss and the combination of bad calls coulda made it
a different outcome - shooting 42/29/78% vs 50/35/83%; pluses 8/12/4;
minuses 10/15/7. 106-108=-2G.

Team scoring by Q (FG%/FG-AT includes 3P%/3P-AT):
Lakers Opponent Lakers Opponent
Q FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG-AT 3P-AT FT-AT FG% 3P% FT% FG% 3P% FT% LAL OPP
Q1 14-27 1-2 2-3 11-20 4-10 3-3 51.9 50 66.7 55 40 100 31 29
Q2 7-21 1-6 11-14 11-18 3-6 7-7 33.3 16.7 78.6 61.1 50 100 26 32
Q3 6-21 1-8 7-8 9-19 1-7 2-3 28.6 12.5 87.5 47.4 14.3 66.7 20 21
Q4 10-19 4-8 5-7 7-19 4-11 8-11 52.6 50 71.4 36.8 36.4 72.7 29 26

H1 21-48 2-8 13-17 22-38 7-16 10-10 43.8 25 76.5 57.9 43.8 100 57 61
A3 27-69 3-16 20-25 31-57 8-23 12-13 39.1 18.8 80 54.4 34.8 92.3 77 82
H2 16-40 5-16 12-15 16-38 5-18 10-14 40 31.3 80 42.1 27.8 71.4 49 47
FL 37-88 7-24 25-32 38-76 12-34 20-24 42 29.2 78.1 50 35.3 83.3 106 108

Team stats by Q (RB includes team RBs):
Lakers Opponent Diff
Q AS RB OR ST BL TO PF OR AS RB ST BL TO PF AS RB OR ST BL TO PF
Q1 8 15 4 3 0 4 1 1 6 8 3 2 5 4 +2 +7 +3 -2 -1 -3
Q2 5 11 2 5 1 2 5 1 7 13 2 1 7 9 -2 -2 +1 +3 +1 -5 -4
Q3 4 10 1 3 0 1 4 2 6 17 1 3 5 7 -2 -7 -1 +2 -4 -4 -3
Q4 6 12 1 1 3 3 5 3 5 14 2 2 2 6 +1 -2 -2 -1 +1 +1 -1

H1 13 26 6 8 1 6 6 2 13 21 5 3 12 13 +5 +4 +3 -1 -6 -7
A3 17 36 7 11 1 7 10 4 19 38 6 6 17 20 -2 -2 +3 +5 -5 -10 -10
H2 10 22 2 4 2 4 9 5 11 31 3 5 7 13 -1 -9 -3 +1 -3 -3 -4
FL 23 48 8 12 4 10 15 7 24 52 8 8 19 26 -1 -4 +1 +4 -4 -9 -11

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 31 26 20 29 106
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 32 21 26 108 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Cam Reddish SF 23 2-7 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 6 +1 +6
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 27 3-7 0-2 2-2 1 5 1 0 2 0 5 8 11 +10 +12
Anthony Davis C 39 12-17 1-2 8-10 4 17 8 2 4 2 3 33 30 -6 +55
Taurean Prince SG 33 3-9 3-6 0-0 0 2 1 3 3 0 1 9 10 +15 +6
LeBron James PG 39 10-21 1-4 5-7 0 3 6 1 3 1 2 26 24 -5 +25
D'Angelo Russell 20 1-4 0-1 3-4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 5 9 -19 +4
Rui Hachimura 17 2-8 0-1 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 -11 +0
Austin Reaves 29 2-11 0-5 5-6 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 9 11 +2 +0
Christian Wood 13 2-4 2-2 1-2 0 5 0 2 0 1 1 7 19 +3 +8
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jaxson Hayes 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jalen Hood-Schifin 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Maxwell Lewis DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 37-88 7-24 25-32 8 48 23 10 12 4 15 106
Percent 42.0% 29.2% 78.1%

Fastbreak points: 6
Points in the paint: 52
Points off turnovers: 19
Second chance pts: 15
Biggest lead: 11
Technical fouls: 2

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jaden McDaniels SF 26 2-6 0-1 2-2 0 3 2 1 1 1 6 6 8 -3 +8
Karl-Anthony Towns PF 29 3-7 1-4 2-2 2 9 2 5 0 0 5 9 11 -23 +11
Rudy Gobert C 38 6-7 0-0 1-1 4 13 0 4 2 1 3 13 12 +19 +24
Anthony Edwards SG 38 10-23 2-8 9-11 0 3 3 3 0 3 3 31 29 +8 +22
Mike Conley PG 33 4-11 4-9 3-4 1 4 7 1 1 0 2 15 16 +3 +18
Kyle Anderson 25 2-4 0-1 0-0 0 3 7 1 0 1 0 4 6 -8 +12
Naz Reid 27 8-11 2-5 3-4 0 5 1 2 2 2 3 21 28 +13 +25
Nickeil Alexander- 16 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 2 2 2 1 0 4 6 14 -1 +7
Troy Brown Jr. 08 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 +2 +5
Jordan McLaughlin 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Shake Milton 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Josh Minott 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Daishen Nix 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jaylen Clark DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Luka Garza DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Leonard Miller DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Wendell Moore Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Totals 240 38-76 12-34 20-24 7 52 24 19 8 8 26 108
Percent 50.0% 35.3% 83.3%

Fastbreak points: 3
Points in the paint: 48
Points off turnovers: 12
Second chance pts: 11
Biggest lead: 7
Technical fouls: 1

Lead changes: 14
Times tied: 14
Officials:
25: Tony Brothers
36: Brent Barnaky
89: Dannica Mosher
Venue: Target Center - Minneapolis, MN
Attendance: 18024

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 31 26 20 77
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 32 21 82 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Cam Reddish SF 20 2-7 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 4 7 +1 +6
Jarred Vanderbilt PF 17 2-5 0-2 2-2 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 13 +12 +6
Anthony Davis C 31 10-14 0-1 8-8 4 14 7 2 4 0 3 28 33 -4 +47
Taurean Prince SG 24 2-7 2-4 0-0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 6 9 +9 +3
LeBron James PG 27 6-13 1-2 3-5 0 3 3 1 3 0 0 16 21 -8 +15
D'Angelo Russell 20 1-4 0-1 3-4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1 5 9 -19 +4
Rui Hachimura 17 2-8 0-1 1-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 -11 +0
Austin Reaves 19 2-9 0-4 2-3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 -4 -1
Christian Wood 05 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 -1 +0
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jaxson Hayes 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jalen Hood-Schifin 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Colin Castleton DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Alex Fudge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
D'Moi Hodge DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Maxwell Lewis DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 27-69 3-16 20-25 7 36 17 7 11 1 10 77
Percent 39.1% 18.8% 80.0%