Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

Feb 16, 2021

FINAL

22-7Los AngelesLakers

112

7-21MinnesotaT-wolves

104

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	30	27	29	26	112
MIN	27	29	28	20	104

Game Recap

The Lakers defeated the Timberwolves, 112-104. LeBron James led the way for the Lakers with 30 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, while Anthony Edwards, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft out of the University of Georgia, tallied a career-high 28 points, along with seven rebounds and five assists for the Timberwolves in the losing effort. The Lakers improve to 22-7 on the season, while the Timberwolves fall to 7-21.

Player Stats

LAKERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
6LeBron JamesSF	37	13-20	1-4	3-4	13	7	0	1	5	1	+4	30
0Kyle KuzmaPF	26	3-6	1-2	0-0	4	1	0	1	2	2	+5	7
14Marc GasolC	29	4-7	3-4	0-0	5	1	0	2	0	3	-5	11
1Kentavious Caldwell-PopeSG	31	3-11	1-5	0-0	3	0	1	0	1	0	-2	7
17Dennis SchroderPG	32	9-15	0-1	6-8	1	3	4	2	5	2	+4	24
4Alex Caruso	18	1-2	1-2	1-2	2	3	1	1	0	2	+14	4
9Wesley Matthews	22	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	+9	3
15Montrezl Harrell	18	5-7	0-0	7-7	6	3	1	1	3	2	+13	17
88Markieff Morris	17	3-5	3-5	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	2	+6	9
5Talen Horton-Tucker	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-8	0
12Devontae Cacok	— did not play —												— did not play —
2Quinn Cook	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jared Dudley	— did not play —												— did not play —
28Alfonzo McKinnie	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	42-7754.5%	11-2642.3%	17-2181.0%	38	20	8	8	18	14	-	112

TIMBERWOLVES	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
1Anthony EdwardsSF	34	10-21	5-10	3-4	7	5	1	2	3	2	0	28
8Jarred VanderbiltPF	29	2-6	0-0	0-0	13	1	2	0	1	4	-1	4
32Karl-Anthony TownsC	32	7-10	1-1	0-0	6	4	1	0	2	4	+2	15
5Malik BeasleySG	36	4-15	3-9	0-0	2	1	1	0	4	4	0	11
9Ricky RubioPG	29	5-12	1-3	2-4	4	8	0	0	2	3	+2	13
6Jordan McLaughlin	19	5-12	3-5	0-0	2	4	2	0	2	0	-15	13
3Jaden McDaniels	17	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	2	1	3	-9	0
4Jaylen Nowell	9	0-5	0-1	2-2	2	1	1	0	0	1	-1	2
11Naz Reid	15	4-7	1-2	1-1	1	1	1	0	0	3	-10	10
20Josh Okogie	15	2-3	2-2	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	3	-8	8
17Ed Davis	— did not play —												— did not play —
41Juancho Hernangomez	— did not play —												— did not play —
10Jake Layman	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	39-9341.9%	16-3447.1%	10-1376.9%	38	26	11	4	15	27	-	104

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterLALMIN

(11:57) Jump Ball Towns vs. Gasol: Tip to Rubio
(11:46) Rubio Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:46) Schroder STEAL (1 STL)
(11:41) James Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:41) Vanderbilt STEAL (1 STL)
(11:34) MISS Beasley 11' Pullup Jump Shot
(11:31) Gasol REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:26) Schroder Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(11:26) Beasley STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (11:18) Rubio 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Towns 1 AST)
03
(10:53) MISS James 13' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(10:49) Towns REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (10:46) Rubio 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (5 PTS)
05
+2 (10:30) Schroder 1' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Gasol 1 AST)
25
+2 (10:17) Edwards 10' Turnaround Fadeaway (2 PTS)
27
(10:06) MISS Gasol 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:05) Lakers Rebound
(10:05) Towns L.B.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wall)
+2 (9:52) Schroder 9' Pullup Jump Shot (4 PTS)
47
(9:42) MISS Edwards 1' Driving Layup
(9:42) Lakers Rebound
(9:30) Schroder Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P2.T3)
(9:13) MISS Rubio 18' Step Back Jump Shot
(9:08) Gasol REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (9:07) Caldwell-Pope 1' Running Layup (2 PTS)
67
(8:40) MISS Beasley 3PT Jump Shot
(8:36) Kuzma REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (8:28) James 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Schroder 1 AST)
97
+3 (8:14) Edwards 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Towns 2 AST)
910
+2 (8:03) James 2' Driving Dunk (5 PTS)
1110
+2 (7:47) Edwards 2' Driving Layup (7 PTS)
1112
(7:32) Caldwell-Pope Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
+3 (7:22) Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Rubio 1 AST)
1115
(7:20) Lakers Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
+2 (7:04) Schroder 2' Driving Layup (6 PTS) (James 1 AST)
1315
+2 (6:43) Rubio 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS) (Edwards 1 AST)
1317
(6:23) James Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T5)
(6:23) Edwards STEAL (1 STL)
(6:11) Schroder S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Wall)
(6:11) MISS Rubio Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:11) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
+1 (6:11) Rubio Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)
1318
+2 (5:59) James 7' Driving Hook Shot (7 PTS)
1518
+2 (5:36) Towns 2' Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS) (Rubio 2 AST)
1520
+2 (5:25) Schroder 16' Pullup Jump Shot (8 PTS)
1720
(5:08) Jump Ball Beasley vs. Schroder: Tip to Caldwell-Pope
(5:08) Beasley Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T2)
(5:08) Schroder STEAL (2 STL)
(4:58) MISS Caldwell-Pope 21' Step Back Jump Shot
(4:54) Kuzma REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
+3 (4:52) Kuzma 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Caruso 1 AST)
2020
(4:34) MISS Beasley 26' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(4:31) Vanderbilt REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(4:30) MISS Vanderbilt Tip Layup Shot
(4:29) Gasol REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(4:25) Vanderbilt P.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Wall)
+2 (4:11) Schroder 2' Driving Layup (10 PTS)
2220
+2 (3:56) Towns 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (7 PTS) (Edwards 2 AST)
2222
(3:27) MISS Kuzma 5' Cutting Layup Shot
(3:27) McDaniels BLOCK (1 BLK)
(3:25) Edwards REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(3:23) Edwards Offensive Charge Foul (P1.T3) (A.Nagy)
(3:23) Edwards Offensive Foul Turnover (P1.T3)
(3:06) Towns S.FOUL (P2.T4) (A.Nagy)
+1 (3:06) Harrell Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2322
+1 (3:06) Harrell Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2422
(2:48) MISS Nowell 14' Floating Jump Shot
(2:46) Kuzma REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:40) Kuzma Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T6)
(2:40) Nowell STEAL (1 STL)
(2:37) MISS McLaughlin 3' Driving Layup
(2:37) Schroder BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:37) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(2:37) TIMBERWOLVES Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(2:33) MISS Nowell 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:31) Lakers Rebound
(2:11) James Bad Pass Turnover (P3.T7)
(2:11) McLaughlin STEAL (1 STL)
(2:08) MISS McLaughlin 2' Running Layup
(2:08) Caruso BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:08) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound
(2:00) MISS Nowell 10' Driving Floating Jump Shot
(1:57) Matthews REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:45) Harrell Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T8)
(1:45) Reid STEAL (1 STL)
(1:31) MISS McDaniels 3PT Jump Shot
(1:27) Caruso REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (1:12) James 6' Hook Shot (9 PTS)
2622
(1:00) Caruso S.FOUL (P1.T2) (A.Nagy)
+1 (1:00) Okogie Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2623
+1 (1:00) Okogie Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2624
(0:54) James Bad Pass Turnover (P4.T9)
(0:54) McDaniels STEAL (1 STL)
(0:50) MISS McDaniels 4' Running Layup
(0:50) James BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:46) Matthews REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:46) Okogie S.FOUL (P1.PN) (A.Nagy)
+1 (0:46) James Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
2724
+1 (0:46) James Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
2824
(0:35) McLaughlin Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:35) Morris STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (0:20) James 7' Floating Jump Shot (13 PTS)
3024
+3 (0:04) Reid 25' 3PT Jump Bank Shot (3 PTS) (McLaughlin 1 AST)
3027
(0:01) Morris Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T10)
(0:01) McLaughlin STEAL (2 STL)
(0:00) MISS McLaughlin 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:00) TIMBERWOLVES Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

LAL

MIN

112Points104

42-77(54.5%)Field Goal(%)39-93(41.9%)

11-26(42.3%)3-Point(%)16-34(47.1%)

17-21(81.0%)Free Throw(%)10-13(76.9%)

38(6)Rebounds(Offensive)38(11)

20Assists26

8Steals11

8Blocks4

18Turnovers15

14Fouls27

50Pts In The Paint38

16Fast Break Pts11

19Pts Off Turnovers16

33Bench Pts33

14Largest Lead8

Game Details

Tuesday, February 16, 2021 · 8:00 PM

Target Center · Minneapolis, MN

capacity: 19,356