NBA Final Score – Lakers 120, Timberwolves 106: No One Was Even Awake

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You’re still awake?

If you are, kudos to you. You’re a true diehard. If not, we don’t blame you. By the time the final buzzer sounded, the clock struck 12:38 a.m. Central.

The Los Angeles Lakers came into the night winners in five of their last six games. One of the areas they’ve excelled in has been shooting the ball, reaching second in the league in effective field goal percentage (58.8%), and first from deep (40.6%).

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Regression hit like a ton of bricks.

On a night where ridiculous scoring feats could be found in any game, Los Angeles and the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to treat the packed home crowd to a good old fashioned brick-fest. The Lakers, in particular, opened the game scoreless in the first four and a half minutes. The audience groaned and moaned as their team missed their first 11 three-point attempts, anchoring them to just 28% from the field in the first quarter.

The Timberwolves weren’t much better. Instead of taking advantage of the frigid shooting display of their opponents, they decided to be gentlemen and convert on only 34.8% of their own shot attempts in that same stanza. Look no further than Anthony Edwards and Luka Dončić, who have both averaged over 32 points in their last three games, but combined to score just seven points on three of 18 shooting in the quarter.

A modest five-point Timberwolves lead after the first buzzer sounded was short-lived and seemed ominous.

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The non-Dončić minutes boded well for Los Angeles. They battled back strictly off hammering the offensive glass (11 in first half) and opting to score in the paint (62% of points in paint in first half). DeAndre Ayton did his best Clint Capela impression, accounting for a ton of that by outworking the Wolves in the paint. He bought enough time for his Slovenian teammate to catch a groove, as Dončić converted a few triples before finding Rui Hachimura to swish a trey of his own to knot things up at 45 at the halftime break.

It was surely a half where both teams seemed asleep.

After scoring just three points in the first half, things didn’t look great to start the second for…

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Publish date : 2026-03-11 05:33:00

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