2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (Series tied 1-1)

[Optms]

Back door sweep incoming. Wolves will be lucky to win again.

[durden_tyler]

I bet on Lakers in 7. Im 100% sure Luka is winning game 7 vs the Wolves. Refs just have to keep the series long enough.

i am scared of this happening. That’s why if the Wolves are going to win this series, they should end it in Six.


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[sp6r=underrated]

I hate this unwritten rule, play till the end.

sincere question, do you really want an injury/fight? The whole reason the Indy/Detroit fight happened was because teams stupidly played hard at the end.

[Handlez]

Lakers won tonight with a negative home court cooking. Minny shot more free throws and had less fouls while fouling nonstop. Somehow 0 flagrant fouls when I think every Laker took at least one shot to the face and there was an intentional leg locks that is always called a flagrant. Gritty win for LA.

Luka was purposely tripped.

Bron was purposely slapped in the face.

Both flagrants.

[darkse1d]

Just like I expected. The lakers can't sustain a physical and intense defensive battle. They scored only 42 points in the 2nd half, 13 in the 4th and the 4th was ugly for both teams. LeBron Luka and AR were so lost offensively they kept turning the ball over. LeBron looked especially awful.

Wolves played terrible and weren't expecting a punch to the mouth and didn't have any answers. Also the ref ball suits lakers cause of their aging star.

The lakers can't sustain 7 game series. The league helped them with the scheduling and gave them an extra day off between games 1 2 and 3. The lakers will be desperate to get game 3 cause the break is small. I'm expecting wolves take both games if the refs stay out it.

[Dubnation]

Lakers desperately need a Gafford

Nico will probably give him to the Lakers if they ask nicely

AND Lively.

[levon]

McDaniels should've been ejected for that trip

[Mamba Mentality]

I want the league to review the McDaniels trip. That was some bull.

[sp6r=underrated]

Fully agree with Chuck that was super dirty.

[baller16]

Lakers really need a hot 3pt shooting streak otherwise they're going to be grinding it out every game. This was by far the most physical game in the playoffs so far.

[Optms]

Didn't see it until now but yeah, McDaniels should be thrown out game 3 just to make up for that miss flagrant 2

[AmIWrongDude]

Lakers won tonight with a negative home court cooking. Minny shot more free throws and had less fouls while fouling nonstop. Somehow 0 flagrant fouls when I think every Laker took at least one shot to the face and there was an intentional leg locks that is always called a flagrant. Gritty win for LA.

Luka was purposely tripped.

Bron was purposely slapped in the face.

Both flagrants.

The league really needs to look at the leg locks. Intentionally doing that to the team’s best player is a flagrant 2

[Individual]

Yeah that trip was dirty

[AmIWrongDude]

Didn't see it until now but yeah, McDaniels should be thrown out game 3 just to make up for that miss flagrant 2

Yes. What other reason do you do that unless you’re trying to injure the other team’s best player. Refs not looking at that is insane. He should be out for game 3 definitely.

[sp6r=underrated]

Lakers won tonight with a negative home court cooking. Minny shot more free throws and had less fouls while fouling nonstop. Somehow 0 flagrant fouls when I think every Laker took at least one shot to the face and there was an intentional leg locks that is always called a flagrant. Gritty win for LA.

Luka was purposely tripped.

Bron was purposely slapped in the face.

Both flagrants.

The league really needs to look at the leg locks. Intentionally doing that to the team’s best player is a flagrant 2

Intentionally doing that to anyone should be an ejection. It is super dangerous. I'm rooting for Minny but I'd be fine with a suspension. That crap is bad and should banished.

[Danny Darko]

Lakers won tonight with a negative home court cooking. Minny shot more free throws and had less fouls while fouling nonstop. Somehow 0 flagrant fouls when I think every Laker took at least one shot to the face and there was an intentional leg locks that is always called a flagrant. Gritty win for LA.

Luka was purposely tripped.

Bron was purposely slapped in the face.

Both flagrants.

That's full on Draymond style... they were out for blood all night.

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[KyRo23]

Kenny is an idiot. The Lakers didn’t play better than the first game, Minny just played worse? Yeah the reason they played worse is because LA actually played some defense

[Tracymcgoaty]

Just like I expected. The lakers can't sustain a physical and intense defensive battle. They scored only 42 points in the 2nd half, 13 in the 4th and the 4th was ugly for both teams. LeBron Luka and AR were so lost offensively they kept turning the ball over. LeBron looked especially awful.

Wolves played terrible and weren't expecting a punch to the mouth and didn't have any answers. Also the ref ball suits lakers cause of their aging star.

The lakers can't sustain 7 game series. The league helped them with the scheduling and gave them an extra day off between games 1 2 and 3. The lakers will be desperate to get game 3 cause the break is small. I'm expecting wolves take both games if the refs stay out it.

they shot more free throws than us and we had more fouls than them.

RIGGED!

Luka got tripped on purpose no flagrant.

I wanna personally thank the refs this game. More of this please.

[Individual]

Shaq is a moron for excusing that trip as "playoffs"

[FarBeyondDriven]

it's cute that people think the league forced Luka to the Lakers only for them to lose in the first round