On April 8, Beijing time, the Lakers played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves 117-127 at the end of the game. The importance of this game for the Lakers is self-evident, although the Lakers once came to the eighth place in the West, but the Kings beat the Nets in today's game, so the Kings are back in the eighth position in the West again, so the Lakers need to continue to win if they want to come to the eighth position in the West, but this game The Lakers are back-to-back games, not to mention, James also missed the game because of flu-like symptoms, in this situation, it is undoubtedly difficult for the Lakers to defeat the Timberwolves.
In the first quarter of the game, the two teams played fiercely and the score was very stale, but then Reaves, Hachimura, and Dinwiddie all hit three points to help the Lakers open the score, but after the pause, Edwards also found an offensive state to narrow the difference, and at the critical moment, Hachimura hit a shot, Dinwiddie continued to hit three points, and the Lakers also opened the score again, but unfortunately the Lakers changed their formation and offense in the next game and stagnated, fortunately, the Lakers counterattacked, Hayes and Reddish scored inside, and the Lakers led by 4 points at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, Li Kyle scored an inside dunk, Reed and Conley also hit three points, the Timberwolves successfully completed the overtake, and in the next game, Dinwiddie and Hachimura scored to stop the bleeding, but the Lakers' interior defects, Edwards, McDaniels and others helped the Timberwolves open the score, and the Timberwolves led to 12 points after Reed hit a three-point shot. In the next game, the Lakers couldn't stop the decline, Edwards continued to hit three-pointers, and the Lakers trailed by 15 points at halftime.
After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Timberwolves once led to 20 points, but the subsequent Timberwolves outside three-point state was sluggish, and the Lakers chased the score to 12 points under the play of Dinwiddie, Hayes and others. After the timeout, the Lakers continued to chase the score, and at the critical moment, Edwards helped the Timberwolves stop the decline, and Lee Kyle scored a basket, and the Lakers trailed by 10 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, Walker and Lee Kaier took the lead in helping the Timberwolves score, although Hachimura once helped the Lakers chase points, but the Lakers' offense was still bad later, and the Timberwolves led directly to 20 points, although Russell and Hachimura helped the Lakers chase points, but unfortunately the Lakers still fell behind by double digits, and the Lakers finally defeated the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves won the game or experienced some twists and turns, after all, the Lakers once took the lead in this game, but when the thick eyebrows were injured in the game, it became the turning point of the game, and the Lakers exposed huge problems on the inside in the later game, and the Lakers' offense came to a standstill, so the Timberwolves directly opened the score. At the end of the game, Edwards had 26 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists, Gobert had 18 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists, Reed had 31 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist, and Lee Kyle had 8 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. In the first quarter of the game, Li Kaier hit the thick eyebrows in the eyes, and then the thick eyebrows returned to the locker room, and then according to ESPN Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin, the source revealed that the thick eyebrows are undergoing eye treatment and will not return in this game, the reporter said that the thick eyebrows were injured in the same position as the previous injury in the Warriors game.
Hachimura still played a good performance in this game, and his play once made the Lakers see the hope of a reversal, but unfortunately the Lakers' internal problems are too big, and Hachimura does lack helpers, and in the end the Lakers still lose, and in this game Reaves, In the end, Reaves got 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-14, including 2-of-8 from three-point range, Russell got 15 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists on 5-of-19, including 1-of-7 from the outside, and Hachimura got 30 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist. And the Lakers lost the game Ham is also to blame, although the Lakers were forced to play a small lineup in the back, but the Lakers were in good shape at the beginning, Ham at this time on the thick eyebrows, Hayes twin towers lineup offense directly into stagnation, and seeing that Reaves's offense was sluggish and there were mistakes, Ham did not replace Reaves, so the Lakers are facing difficulties, but Ham's coaching has undoubtedly hurt the Lakers.