OUT: Vando,Cam,CW. Lakers with good O in H1, but poor D/BHing. Lakers step up
the D in H2 and get the W. 5 guys in DFs with AD getting the DD and 25! RBs
and 9 STLs and LBJ 2 RB/1 AST short of a TD. Solid game from AR/RUI.
120-109 Lakers get the W by 11 and fans get Tacos.

FBP: 4 vs 6; PIP: 64 vs 44; POT: 11 vs 28; SCP: 8 vs 12.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF PM EFF
James 29 (63 /50 /78 )/ 8/ 9/ 0/ 0/ 4/ 1/+14/ +0
Davis 27 (53 /0 /69 )/25/ 5/ 3/ 7/ 3/ 2/+15/ +0 DD
Reaves 19 (54 /50 /100)/ 6/ 4/ 0/ 0/ 4/ 2/+10/ +0
Hachimura 15 (50 /60 /100)/ 2/ 3/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ +3/ +0
Russell 13 (42 /40 /50 )/ 3/ 6/ 0/ 0/ 2/ 1/+21/ +0

Next games following:
Game 67 LAL at SAC: Wed Mar 13 19:00 -- B- Golden 1 Center
Game 68 LAL vs GSW: Sat Mar 16 17:30 -- -- Crypto.com Arena
Game 69 LAL vs ATL: Mon Mar 18 19:30 -- B- Crypto.com Arena

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

Q1 - Lakers lucky to have lead after 6 TOs/4 oORBs, but great shooting -
shooting 67/60/100% vs 50/33/0%; pluses 1/4/1; minuses 6/1/4. Davis 11,
Hachimura 10, Russell 5. 32-28=+4Q.

Q2 - 5 more TOs isn't helping - shooting 67/57/63% vs 56/50/100%; pluses 2/1/0;
minuses 5/3/2. Reaves 10, Hayes 7, James 6, Hachimura 5, Davis 4.
37-40=-3Q.

Q3 - Better D, worse O/BHing/RBing - shooting 36/40/57% vs 40/30/33%; pluses
6/2/2; minuses 7/4/3. James 11, Davis 4. 22-24=-2Q (91-92=-1).

Q4 - Poor O, better RBing, great D and a W - shooting 46/14/89% vs 22/25/100%;
pluses 5/2/1; minuses 3/4/2. James 10, Davis 8, Reaves 7. 29-17=+12Q.

H1 - Great O, poor D, poor BHing/RBing - shooting 67/58/77% vs 56/50/200%;
pluses 3/5/1; minuses 11/4/6. Hachimura/Davis 15, Reaves 12,
Russell/James 8, Hayes 7. 69-68=+1H.

H2 - Lakers stepped up the D/RBing in H2 - shooting 41/25/75% vs 31/27/71%;
pluses 11/4/3; minuses 10/8/5. 51-41=+10H.

FG - Lakers pretty much out-shot MIN despite terrible BHing they get the W -
shooting 53/42/76% vs 42/35/85%; pluses 14/9/4; minuses 21/12/11.
120-109=+11G.

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 12-18 3-5 5-5 12-24 4-12 0-0 66.7 60 100 50 33.3 0 32 28
Q2 14-21 4-7 5-8 14-25 6-12 6-6 66.7 57.1 62.5 56 50 100 37 40
Q3 8-22 2-5 4-7 10-25 3-10 1-3 36.4 40 57.1 40 30 33.3 22 24
Q4 10-22 1-7 8-9 5-23 3-12 4-4 45.5 14.3 88.9 21.7 25 100 29 17

H1 26-39 7-12 10-13 26-49 10-24 6-6 66.7 58.3 76.9 53.1 41.7 100 69 68
A3 34-61 9-17 14-20 36-74 13-34 7-9 55.7 52.9 70 48.6 38.2 77.8 91 92
H2 18-44 3-12 12-16 15-48 6-22 5-7 40.9 25 75 31.3 27.3 71.4 51 41
FL 44-83 10-24 22-29 41-97 16-46 11-13 53 41.7 75.9 42.3 34.8 84.6 120 109

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 12 9 1 4 1 6 1 4 8 9 2 1 4 3 +4 -3 +2 +2 -2
Q2 8 12 2 1 0 5 3 2 10 9 4 0 2 6 -2 +3 -3 +3 -3
Q3 5 21 6 2 2 7 4 3 7 13 2 3 4 4 -2 +8 +3 -1 +3
Q4 4 19 5 2 1 3 4 2 2 12 0 2 2 5 +2 +7 +3 +2 -1 +1 -1

H1 20 21 3 5 1 11 4 6 18 18 6 1 6 9 +2 +3 -3 -1 +5 -5
A3 25 42 9 7 3 18 8 9 25 31 8 4 10 13 +11 -1 -1 +8 -5
H2 9 40 11 4 3 10 8 5 9 25 2 5 6 9 +15 +6 +2 -2 +4 -1
FL 29 61 14 9 4 21 12 11 27 43 8 6 12 18 +2 +18 +3 +1 -2 +9 -6

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 28 40 24 17 109
Los Angeles Lakers 32 37 22 29 120 - Final

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jaden McDaniels SF 32 5-17 0-5 0-0 3 6 1 0 2 0 1 10 11 -22 +7
Nickeil Alexander- PF 39 6-11 3-4 0-0 4 7 5 1 2 0 1 15 14 -3 +23
Naz Reid C 42 9-17 5-10 2-3 0 5 3 3 0 4 4 25 21 -10 +25
Anthony Edwards SG 40 10-23 2-9 3-4 1 7 7 3 2 2 2 25 23 -14 +26
Mike Conley PG 29 3-6 1-3 2-2 0 3 6 0 1 0 3 9 11 -24 +16
Jordan McLaughlin 21 4-9 4-9 0-0 0 4 2 1 0 0 2 12 21 +9 +12
T.J. Warren 23 2-7 0-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 1 0 2 4 6 +4 +4
Luka Garza 10 2-5 1-3 4-4 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 9 32 -1 +9
Wendell Moore Jr. 02 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 +0
Josh Minott 01 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +2 -2
Daishen Nix 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 +2 -1
Kyle Anderson 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Rudy Gobert 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Jaylen Clark DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Leonard Miller DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Monte Morris DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Karl-Anthony Towns DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 41-97 16-46 11-13 11 43 27 12 8 6 18 109
Percent 42.3% 34.8% 84.6%

Fastbreak points: 6
Points in the paint: 44
Points off turnovers: 28
Second chance pts: 12
Biggest lead: 4
Technical fouls: 1

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Rui Hachimura SF 24 5-10 3-5 2-2 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 15 23 +3 +14
LeBron James PF 38 10-16 2-4 7-9 0 8 9 4 0 0 1 29 27 +14 +34
Anthony Davis C 39 9-17 0-0 9-13 10 25 5 3 7 3 2 27 25 +15 +52
Austin Reaves SG 36 7-13 3-6 2-2 0 6 4 4 0 0 2 19 19 +10 +19
D'Angelo Russell PG 34 5-12 2-5 1-2 1 3 6 2 0 0 1 13 14 +21 +12
Spencer Dinwiddie 17 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 -5 -2
Jaxson Hayes 16 4-4 0-0 1-1 2 5 0 2 0 0 2 9 20 -4 +12
Taurean Prince 24 3-6 0-3 0-0 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 6 9 +11 +9
Max Christie 09 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 -4 +2
Harry Giles III 01 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1
Skylar Mays 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -2 +2
Maxwell Lewis 01 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 +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_INJURY
Cam Reddish DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Jarred Vanderbilt DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Gabe Vincent DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Christian Wood DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 44-83 10-24 22-29 14 61 29 21 9 4 12 120
Percent 53.0% 41.7% 75.9%

Fastbreak points: 4
Points in the paint: 64
Points off turnovers: 11
Second chance pts: 8
Biggest lead: 16
Technical fouls: 1

Lead changes: 14
Times tied: 13
Officials:
77: Karl Lane
44: Brett Nansel
60: James Williams
Venue: Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA
Attendance: 18997

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Minnesota Timberwolves 28 40 24 92
Los Angeles Lakers 32 37 22 91 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jaden McDaniels SF 26 5-16 0-5 0-0 3 5 1 0 2 0 0 10 14 -5 +7
Nickeil Alexander- PF 32 6-8 3-4 0-0 3 6 4 1 2 0 1 15 17 +2 +24
Naz Reid C 32 9-14 5-8 2-3 0 1 3 3 0 2 3 25 28 +4 +22
Anthony Edwards SG 31 8-18 1-5 3-4 1 6 6 3 2 2 2 20 23 -3 +22
Mike Conley PG 22 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 2 6 0 1 0 2 5 8 -7 +12
Jordan McLaughlin 15 2-6 2-6 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 6 14 +4 +7
T.J. Warren 15 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 4 10 +10 +4
Luka Garza 07 2-3 1-2 2-2 2 3 1 0 0 0 2 7 36 +0 +10
Kyle Anderson 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Rudy Gobert 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
Wendell Moore Jr. 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
Leonard Miller DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_ON_ASSIGNMENT
Monte Morris DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Karl-Anthony Towns DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 180 36-74 13-34 7-9 9 31 25 10 8 4 13 92
Percent 48.6% 38.2% 77.8%

Fastbreak points: 5
Points in the paint: 40
Points off turnovers: 26
Second chance pts: 8
Biggest lead: 4
Technical fouls: 1