The Minnesota Timberwolves made a statement in Game 1, blasting the Los Angeles Lakers 117-95 and knocking down the 3-pointer on the playoff franchise record 21.
Minnesota controlled the game in the second quarter and never let it go. Jaden McDaniels Leading the team with 25 points Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards 22 have been added each.
Luka Donsic I got 37 points LeBron James and Austin plays There were quiet performances of 19 and 16 points, respectively.
Check out the reactions from social media below.
Anthony Edwards drops 22 points, 8 Rebs, 9 ASTs and 1 STL. The Timberwolves scored Game 1 in LA with a 117-95 victory over the Lakers. pic.twitter.com/lzt7wksuep
– Basketball forever (@bbalforever_) April 20, 2025
Is Lakers Twitter not working tonight? ! The last few hours were really quiet
– George Carl (@coachkarl22) April 20, 2025
Coach JJ Redick did a great job all season, but he didn’t do a good job in Game 1. The Lakers were fighting off the offense, playing too many one-on-one basketball and didn’t make the necessary adjustments.
– Iyabin Magic Johnson (@magicjohnson) April 20, 2025
Someone just text me to send it directly to me with this message @shannonsharpe:Triple A….nwa…..I don’t care what Shannon has to say =The Lakers don’t win at 5 years old
– Stephen a Smith (@stephenasmith) April 20, 2025
The danger for the Lakers is knowing what to expect from both ends if all you can do is play small. Great job from the wolves.
– Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) April 20, 2025
The Lakers got a belt in their butt today.
And it’s very easy.
If LeBron and AR were to be this… it’s the Wolf Quick Series
– ry (@justructioncole) April 20, 2025
Minnesota isn’t going to shoot the lights from all the series, but 90 points aren’t going to cut it from the Lakers on the other end.
– Daniel Starkand (@dstarkand) April 20, 2025
Ant 9 Assist
Luka & Bron 4 Assist
All assists turned off drives rather than double teaming.
– 🏆lakersguru🏆 (@gurulakers) April 20, 2025
Think about the reaction here when the Lakers lost Game 1 to the Bubbles Rockets in 2020
– Claire de Lune (@clailempls) April 20, 2025
“JJ Redick saved my life” TL tweets? Do you ever compare Lakers records to previous years under Ham?
We took a worse roster to WCF pic.twitter.com/aec0sdublm
– ᴅʀʀ (@feellikedrew) April 20, 2025
The Lakers crowd was huge during the bubble.
– Ballsacksports (@ballsacksports) April 20, 2025
I swear to God you are so lucky Paul Heyman gave us the best performance ever, wins Game 2 with some shame @lakers
– Ahmed/The Ears/Ig: BigbizThegod🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 20, 2025
IMA behaves like its first Lakers game on Tuesday
– Mark Phillips (@supremedreams_1) April 20, 2025
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