OUT: Mo,2Ws. First time in 446 days Lakers over .500 - Laker loose D in last
minute costs fans Tacos by 1 pt. 6 guys in DFs with AD/LBJ/Dlo getting DDs.
Let's hope AD is good to go with a couple days of rest.
FBP: 12 vs 4; PIP: 64 vs 52; POT: 17 vs 14; SCP: 17 vs 18.

Game Dbl-Figures Leaders:
Player Pts FG% 3P% FT% RB AS BL ST TO PF EFF
Davis 38 (58 /0 /80 )/17/ 0/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 3/ +0 DD
James 18 (37 /33 /75 )/10/ 6/ 2/ 1/ 3/ 1/ +0 DD
Reaves 15 (44 /67 /83 )/ 6/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 2/ 1/ +0
Vanderbilt 12 (63 /100/0 )/ 5/ 2/ 0/ 2/ 1/ 0/ +0
Russell 12 (42 /25 /50 )/ 1/10/ 0/ 2/ 3/ 3/ +0 DD
Schroder 11 (75 /0 /83 )/ 0/ 6/ 0/ 2/ 2/ 2/ +0

Next games following:
Game 78 LAL at HOU: Sun Apr 02 16:00 -- -- Toyota Center
Game 79 LAL at UTA: Tue Apr 04 18:00 -- -- Vivint Arena
Game 80 LAL at LAC: Wed Apr 05 19:00 BT -- Crypto.com

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

Q1 - Poor D/BHing, decent O - shooting 52% vs 57%; pluses 3/2/2; minuses 5/3/2. Beasley 9, Davis/Russell 5. 27-29=-2Q.

Q2 - Laker D is sucking big time - someone should tell these guys to never let
their man go baseline on them - take a 3 or take it to the rim on every
poss - shooting 38% vs 52%; pluses 5/2/0; minuses 1/5/5. Davis 8,
Vanderbilt/Reaves/James 5. 28-36=-8Q.

Q3 - Finally some E for LA - AD sprained his ankle again, but stayed in -
shooting 65% vs 25%; pluses 2/4/3; minuses 6/5/5. Davis 8,
James/Russell/Vanderbilt 5, Schroder/Hachimura/Reaves 4.
35-18=+17Q (90-83=+7).

Q4 - Refs call a PF on DS with 0 contact, DH to late on asking for review - AD
playing his ass off after the sprain - shooting 50% vs 42%; pluses 5/2/0;
minuses 4/4/0. Davis 17, James 6, Reaves/Schroder 4. 33-28=+5Q.

H1 - Not so great of an H1 esp D - shooting 44% vs 54%; pluses 8/4/2; minuses
6/8/7. Davis 13, Beasley 9, James/Reaves/Vanderbilt/Russell 7. 55-65=-10H.

H2 - H2 so much better than H1 - better E/focus - shooting 58% vs 32%; pluses
7/6/3; minuses 10/9/5. 68-46=+22H.

FG - H1 a little worrisome, but LA came on strong in H2 for the solid W -
shooting 50% vs 43%; pluses 15/10/5; minuses 16/17/12. 123-111=+12G.

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 11-21 4-7 1-2 12-21 3-6 2-4 52.4 57.1 50 57.1 50 50 27 29
Q2 11-29 2-6 4-5 14-27 3-7 5-6 37.9 33.3 80 51.9 42.9 83.3 28 36
Q3 13-20 2-5 7-10 7-28 2-14 2-2 65 40 70 25 14.3 100 35 18
Q4 10-20 1-4 12-13 8-19 5-12 7-7 50 25 92.3 42.1 41.7 100 33 28

H1 22-50 6-13 5-7 26-48 6-13 7-10 44 46.2 71.4 54.2 46.2 70 55 65
A3 35-70 8-18 12-17 33-76 8-27 9-12 50 44.4 70.6 43.4 29.6 75 90 83
H2 23-40 3-9 19-23 15-47 7-26 9-9 57.5 33.3 82.6 31.9 26.9 100 68 46
FL 45-90 9-22 24-30 41-95 13-39 16-19 50 40.9 80 43.2 33.3 84.2 123 111

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 7 12 3 2 2 5 3 2 6 10 3 1 3 1 +1 +2 +1 -1 +1 +2 +2
Q2 6 15 5 2 0 1 5 5 9 18 1 3 3 4 -3 -3 +1 -3 -2 +1
Q3 9 20 2 4 3 6 5 5 4 11 4 0 5 7 +5 +9 -3 +3 +1 -2
Q4 6 17 5 2 0 4 4 0 6 5 2 0 5 10 +12 +5 -1 -6

H1 13 27 8 4 2 6 8 7 15 28 4 4 6 5 -2 -1 +1 -2 +3
A3 22 47 10 8 5 12 13 12 19 39 8 4 11 12 +3 +8 -2 +1 +1 +1
H2 15 37 7 6 3 10 9 5 10 16 6 0 10 17 +5 +21 +2 +3 -8
FL 28 64 15 10 5 16 17 12 25 44 10 4 16 22 +3 +20 +3 +1 -5

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NBA Final Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 27 28 35 33 123
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 36 18 28 111 - End of Regulation

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jarred Vanderbilt SF 28 5-8 2-2 0-0 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 12 15 -3 +17
LeBron James PF 33 7-19 1-3 3-4 1 10 6 3 1 2 1 18 20 +3 +21
Anthony Davis C 37 15-26 0-2 8-10 8 17 0 3 1 2 3 38 37 +5 +42
Austin Reaves SG 30 4-9 2-3 5-6 2 6 2 2 0 0 1 15 18 +14 +15
D'Angelo Russell PG 34 5-12 1-4 1-2 0 1 10 3 2 0 3 12 13 -2 +14
Malik Beasley 10 3-5 3-4 0-0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 9 32 +1 +12
Troy Brown Jr. 09 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -1
Rui Hachimura 21 1-4 0-2 2-2 1 6 1 1 1 1 3 4 7 +20 +9
Dennis Schroder 23 3-4 0-1 5-6 0 0 6 2 2 0 2 11 17 +15 +15
Wenyen Gabriel 15 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 4 10 +9 +8
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Davon Reed 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Lonnie Walker IV 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Scotty Pippen Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Cole Swider DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Totals 240 45-90 9-22 24-30 15 64 28 16 10 5 17 123
Percent 50.0% 40.9% 80.0%

Fastbreak points: 12
Points in the paint: 64
Points off turnovers: 17
Second chance pts: 17
Biggest lead: 14
Technical fouls: 0

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jaden McDaniels SF 37 6-14 3-6 0-0 1 5 2 5 1 1 4 15 15 -1 +11
Karl-Anthony Towns PF 36 8-18 2-7 5-5 4 8 3 1 0 0 5 23 23 -6 +23
Rudy Gobert C 31 6-9 0-0 2-2 5 11 1 1 2 0 3 14 16 +4 +24
Anthony Edwards SG 38 4-16 2-7 1-2 0 4 3 3 1 0 1 11 10 -7 +3
Mike Conley PG 32 7-11 4-6 7-8 0 3 7 2 3 0 6 25 28 +5 +31
Kyle Anderson 31 8-11 1-2 0-0 2 4 6 1 2 3 0 17 20 -15 +28
Taurean Prince 21 2-10 1-7 1-2 0 3 1 1 1 0 2 6 10 -22 +1
Jordan McLaughlin 10 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 -16 -4
Nickeil Alexander- 04 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1
Luka Garza 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Nathan Knight 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
Jaylen Nowell DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Naz Reid DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Austin Rivers DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Matt Ryan DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Totals 240 41-95 13-39 16-19 12 44 25 16 10 4 22 111
Percent 43.2% 33.3% 84.2%

Fastbreak points: 4
Points in the paint: 52
Points off turnovers: 14
Second chance pts: 18
Biggest lead: 13
Technical fouls: 0

Lead changes: 5
Times tied: 5
Officials:
48: Scott Foster
36: Brent Barnaky
43: Matt Myers
Venue: Target Center - Minneapolis, MN

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NBA Q3 Box Score:

Team 1 2 3 Total
Los Angeles Lakers 27 28 35 90
Minnesota Timberwolves 29 36 18 83 - End of Q3

PLAYER POS MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A OR TR AS TO ST BS PF PTS P36 +/- EFF
Jarred Vanderbilt SF 22 5-8 2-2 0-0 2 5 2 0 1 0 0 12 20 -2 +17
LeBron James PF 25 5-14 0-2 2-3 1 9 5 3 1 2 1 12 17 +1 +16
Anthony Davis C 29 8-16 0-1 5-6 5 12 0 3 1 2 3 21 26 +5 +24
Austin Reaves SG 22 4-9 2-3 1-2 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 11 18 +5 +10
D'Angelo Russell PG 25 5-11 1-4 1-2 0 0 7 2 2 0 2 12 17 -4 +12
Malik Beasley 10 3-5 3-4 0-0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 9 32 +1 +12
Troy Brown Jr. 09 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -2 -1
Rui Hachimura 14 1-2 0-1 2-2 0 2 1 1 0 1 2 4 10 +12 +6
Dennis Schroder 14 3-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 7 18 +12 +12
Wenyen Gabriel 10 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 7 +7 +5
Max Christie 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Davon Reed 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Lonnie Walker IV 00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 +0
Mo Bamba DNP - INACTIVE_INJURY
Scotty Pippen Jr. DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Cole Swider DNP - INACTIVE_GLEAGUE_TWOWAY
Totals 180 35-70 8-18 12-17 10 47 22 12 8 5 13 90
Percent 50.0% 44.4% 70.6%

Fastbreak points: 11
Points in the paint: 48
Points off turnovers: 13
Second chance pts: 15
Biggest lead: 10
Technical fouls: 0