On January 3, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Lakers narrowly defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-103. In this game, the two teams played very fiercely, and the winner was divided at the last minute. According to the data, the Lakers and Timberwolves have a very large disparity in rebounding.
According to statistics, the Lakers only grabbed 28 rebounds in this game, and the Timberwolves were 56, so the Lakers also grabbed half less than their opponents in rebounding. What makes Lakers fans even more distressed is that the Timberwolves grabbed a total of 20 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game, however, the Lakers only had 4 frontcourt rebounds in the whole game. That's five times the number for the Lakers.
Although the Lakers won the game and showed their strength on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the final quarter. However, the Biggest Problem with the Lakers' No-Front Lineup is that the protection of rebounds is that it is really too bad.
It is worth mentioning that this is still in the case that the Timberwolves interior core Towns did not play, the Lakers fell behind so much in rebounding, before the thrilling win.
After all, fortunately, the opponent did not feel good, shooting only 9 of 38 three-pointers in the whole game, and the opponent also made 23 mistakes. For the Lakers, although Westbrook made 9 mistakes, the team only had 15 turnovers in total, so the team eventually won the game.