On April 26, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA Western playoffs continued, the Lakers challenged the Timberwolves away, and the two teams staged the third round of the showdown, the game has ended, the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves 104-116, so that the Lakers fell behind 1-2, and the impact of the semifinals also fell into an unfavorable situation, it was really difficult to advance, James scored 38 points in this game and was powerless to save the defeat, two fists were difficult to beat four hands, and the Timberwolves scored 20+ offensive firepower is very fierce!
The Lakers are third in the West, and the Timberwolves, who are sixth in the West, compete for a place in the semifinals, the first two rounds of the two teams each won a 1-1 draw, today is the third round of the competition, the two teams will do their best to win, whoever can win can grasp the initiative!
After the start of the game, the two teams each played a good game in the first half, the Timberwolves blossomed more and took the lead in the first quarter to win by 6 points, and in the second quarter, the Lakers won by 10 points under the outbreak of James, and directly overtook 4 points at halftime. In the second half, the Timberwolves relaunched their offense, combining inside and outside to win by another six points in a single quarter. The third quarter overtook two points, the suspense in the final quarter was everywhere, the two teams started a tug-of-war, Doncic threw and chased 103 draws, but the Lakers suddenly fell silent, the Timberwolves played a wave of offensive climax, a wave of flow to kill the game, and finally the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves by a big score, falling behind 1-2, the situation was very unfavorable!
With the Lakers losing to the Timberwolves, this game made the three teams in the West unable to laugh, first of all, the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves and fell behind 1-2, they have fallen into passivity and lost their home advantage. The second is the Rockets, and they definitely don't want to play the Timberwolves, after all, the Timberwolves have the advantage of wolves, and their offensive ability is young, and the situation is definitely much better than playing the elderly Lakers. Finally, there is the Warriors, if the Lakers can't advance, the Lakers and Warriors can't be staged as scheduled, Curry and James can't face off, there will definitely be a lot less traffic to watch, and the Warriors definitely want to play the Lakers, not the more impactful Timberwolves!
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