Timberwolves rout Lakers 117-95 in 1st-round series opener, overcoming Luka Doncic’s 37 points

Los Angeles – Anthony Edwards was not surprised at all when Minnesota Timbolovs Laka showed enough talent and consolidation to turn a way to visitors with Lakers for Donik’s play -off.

Jaden McDaniels made 25 points, Naz Red added 23 with six 3-pointrs, and Timbarwalvs overcomes Donik’s 37-point effort to win 117-95 on Saturday night.

Edwards’s first round series opener had 22 points, nine aids and eight rebounds for the sixth-born Oloves, who won 18 in their last 22 games.

“I got a great team of boys,” said Edwards. “But it wasn’t tonight. I learned in the training camp. It only takes a minute to jail as our new team. It took us a minute to get out of each other and I think we just go.”

Timbervolovs walked in the first quarter of the 16-point in front of the roaring La crowd before taking control of the 38-20 second quarter.

They still poured it after half -time. Julius Randel and Edwards hit four 3-pointrs because Timbirvolovs made a franchise Play-Record 21 3-point-3-Pointer-so many shots were taken without any defender.

“This means Game 1,” Minnesota coach Chris Finch says. “We know it’s going to be a long series. We are not in any of the assumptions that are going to be this kind of game in Game 2. It will be completely different game wee

Lebron James had 19 points to start his 18th NBA posts, but the third-descendants were overwhelmed by the shot-making and play-off devil.

“This is the Minnesota team, they are about to be physical,” James said. “That’s what they bring to the table it

Los Angeles is still looking for chemistry even after the achievement of Donik two months ago, Minnesota is keen to improve in the Western conference final last season.

Seven-seven series game 2 Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

Donik created the eleventh highest scoring play-off game of his career one day after Dallas Mavarix’s season ended in the Play-in Tournament — and it was almost not enough for Timbervolvs’s great team effort.

“I think in the first quarter we play the way we play,” Donik said. “I think we played physical. Everyone was locked, and then we just let the rope so we got more physical.”

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