The Lakers lost 111-118 to the Timberwolves on the road, suffered four consecutive defeats, fell to tenth in the West, and fell out of the play-in area one step later. Although the game against the Timberwolves is a back-to-back away game, the Lakers will play very tenacious, James can still be entangled with the opponent until the last minute in the absence of the winner, thick eyebrows 20 shots 11 cut 31 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks, one person single-handedly two All-Star inside line does not fall behind, and the Hachimura who replaced James also has a good performance, the team once overtook the score in the third quarter, but the team's lack of continuous scoring ability once again made the Timberwolves overtake the score.
The two sides entered a tug-of-war in the fourth quarter, at this time Russell, who was not in good shape in the first three quarters, stepped forward and scored 13 points in a single quarter to help the team continue the hope of a comeback, but the Timberwolves were able to score more, Towns, Conley, and Edwards all contributed to help the team gradually widen the point difference, even though the Lakers shot 43.5% of the three-point shooting rate in this game, and finally failed to complete the reversal, it is a pity. When the Lakers overtook the score with their tenacious fighting spirit and soon fell into a scoring dilemma, James, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the game, was also anxious, and he definitely wanted to win this game side by side with his brothers, but before this game, Ham said in an interview that James suffered an ankle injury and would miss the game with the Timberwolves, so James could only sit on the sidelines and be anxious.
In fact, James's ankle is not a big problem, just because the team is fighting back-to-back, and it is still against the Timberwolves, which are ranked first in the West, maybe Ham thinks that the Lakers have little chance of winning and chooses to let James take a rotation, after all, James is about to turn 39 years old, and it is difficult to guarantee that he can still play 100% of his back-to-back games. But what is surprising is that the role team of the Lakers broke out in this game, and they are very eager for this victory, and at the last moment it is the lack of such a stable core of James's military heart that did not complete the reversal, and now the Lakers have suffered four consecutive defeats, and the playoff places are in jeopardy, and they have to compete with the Suns, Warriors, and Rockets for a playoff spot, every game is critical, James is afraid that his intestines are going to regret it now, and this game really shouldn't be rested.