Lakers vs Timberwolves is Going to Be INSANE
The NBA Playoffs are about to start and the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves are going to be playing in one of the most exciting series of the first round. The new look Lakers with LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and Austin Reaves have become a popular pick to at least make the Western Conference Finals, while the Minnesota Timberwolves surged late in the season behind great play from Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle, and Rudy Gobert as well as their insane depth. It’s all led us to a matchup full of star power with two teams that match up in extremely interesting ways and a series that I think will go six or seven games. Let’s talk about it.
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0:00 – How We Got Here
2:42 – The matchups so far
3:19 – Can the Wolves slow Luka Doncic?
6:27 – Who will step up and help Anthony Edwards?
8:56 – Will the Lakers’ defense hold up?
11:33 – The size mismatch
13:47 – Will the shooters keep it up?
16:04 – Sponsor
17:18 – My Series Prediction
19:05 – Outro
27 Comments
Every time the wolves get momentum on their side the refs will blow the whistle and put a stop to it. It’s rigged
More clickbait , are u making the same title for every matchup
Wolves are not as good as they were last year. Lakers are better than last year's Mavs team. Considering last year's Mavs beat up last year's Wolves, I'd say Lakers are going to wipe the floor with the Timberwolves barring some kind of major injury to Luka or Lebron.
Why is Luka on the Lakers
If I’m the timberwolves I’m going at LeBron a lot to make him play defense
Timberwolves Timberlands shiver me Timbers… Lakers in 5
Luka is the best player in the series. Lakers have 3 out of the top 4 players in the series. Lakers in 5
Nightmare matchup for the wolves. I don’t see it really going past 5 games, ant might be able to be a Superman and steal a game to take it to six but I don’t see Luka allowing it to go any further. If Luka averages 30+ppg it’s not going further than 5
I only hate this matchup cause I’ve always loved the lakers but ant is my favorite player
The biggest thing the lakers have going for them is the fact the NBA makes a lot more if they advance l. Timberwolves and Rockets are gonna be fighting the opposite team and the refsz
Luka cant guard a statue
Julius Randle and Lu Dort have a very similar physical makeup
Amongst the 8 western conference playoff teams, Lakers are the weakest.
I hope so. Hoping for 7 games!
Moron analytics forgot how Celtics played against Luka.
Rui Hoochiemama or Granny Smith won't be able to handle the Ant Man.
the only way the Wolves lose is because of the 6th man, referee.
Really think this is gonna be telling of Chris Finch. Wolves are capable of winning, they’ve seen Luka before and have some film on him with the lakers. If he can scheme it up right and be confident in rotations I think it’s the wolves series to lose
Man you have to come up with a different title 😭😭😭
lakeshow in fo
To call Le40 a top ten player in the league today is wild. You people are the reason the NBA will continue to decline.
Wolves in 5
Great analysis and solid prediction. The Wolves definitely have a much higher delta on how well they play in the playoffs with Randle, the other players on their team, and their clutch time foibles. You showed some of the stats showing the full season numbers but here are some team stats just from post AS break (i.e. post Luka trade):
Team A and Team B. One team is the Lakers and the other is the Timberwolves.
Record
18-12 Team A
18-8 Team B
Off. rating
115.7 (17th) Team A
120.4 (3rd) Team B
Def. rating
113.6 (17th) Team A
112.1 (12th) Team B
Net rating
2.1 (15th) Team A
8.3 (5th) Team B
eFG %
55.9 (14th) Team A
57.2 (4th) Team B
Rebound %
50.2 (17th) Team A
51.1 (8th) Team B
Assist %
61.4 (20th) Team A
64.3 (15th) Team B
Turnover %
14.8 (25th) Team A
13.1 (5th) Team B
Which team do you think will win the series?
As you can guess from this exercise, Team A is the Lakers and Team B is the Timberwolves. As great as Luka and LeBron are, the better TEAM at this point is Minnesota.
Wolves in 6.
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Fun fact: Jaden McDaniels shoots 44.5% from 3 in the playoffs across his entire career
You covered a lot of great points. They did blow a 20-point lead, but they also recently had a 52-point quarter. Wolves in 6