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LOS ANGELES LAKERS versus MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
February 28, 2013 - 7:30PM
Venue: Staple Center - Los Angeles, California




Mired in a disappointing season, the Los Angeles Lakers have been resurgent of late. But they've still showed they have a thin margin for error, particularly with turnovers and free-throw shooting.

That margin may be a little wider than usual Thursday night when they try to extend their run of 20 straight wins over the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves - the longest active streak in the NBA.

The Lakers are 28-30, but their recent 11-5 stretch has been a step in the right direction for a team whose season would be a total disappointment without a playoff appearance.

However, two areas continue to plague them. Los Angeles' 15.3 turnovers per game rank near the bottom of the league, while its 69.0 percentage from the free-throw line is last.

The Timberwolves (20-34) have looked lost for most of the season and continue to nosedive in the standings as they struggle with injuries.

Kevin Love, Chase Budinger and Brandon Roy are already out, and Minnesota could be without Andrei Kirilenko yet again.

Kirilenko limped off in the first quarter of Tuesday's 84-83 overtime loss at Phoenix after he strained his left calf. Kirilenko, who has played in the last four games after missing the previous five with a strained right quadriceps, is listed as questionable for Thursday.



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I want to see lakers blow this team out.

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stop the turnovers and the fast breaks, win game

simple

Easy win. Just bench Kobe and we'll win. Just joking but we really need this win.

Going to this game!

go lakers

These are the types of games the Lakers have been dropping all year long.. It's time to stop losing to terrible teams..

It has to start now.. no reason this shouldn't be at least a 10 point win. Don't play stupid, get the half court offense moving efficiently and get back on D.

While we wait -

nice piece on Nash


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nb ... k/1952959/

snaquille oatmeal wrote:

frightening, isn't it?

he may manhandle Dwight.

Nice candy.. I'm sure deep will appreciate that flavor

win!

No AK47 tonight, I think Pek is playing hurt as well. Must win for sure.

lets merge with the wolves board for this GT

it was fun iirc

No reason not to win this game. If they lose, they should be automatically disqualified from the playoffs.

Mods commence with the merging!!

Gotta win this one today.

Why do i have a feeling that Derrick Williams is going to go Ham on us

The eyecandy is disgusting and disturbing. That's some of the worst yet.

As for the game, Jazz and Rockets both lost last night so this is a excellent opportunity for us to close the gap. We should win this game pretty convincingly.

that's a fatty.

lawwwd.

so yeah, we're playing against the cream team. Should be 1+ in the W column.