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

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Who wins?

Poll ended at Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:41 pm

Lakers in 5
7
9%
Lakers in 6
28
35%
Lakers in 7
9
11%
Wolves in 4
3
4%
Wolves in 5
7
9%
Wolves in 6
23
29%
Wolves in 7
3
4%
 
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN leads 1-0) 

Post#641 » by Mk0 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

ScrantonBulls wrote:Lakers doing great playing 8 v 5.

They'll get a whistle in game 3 in Minny as well. The media can hype them up, it goes even at 2-2 and then we have the actual series.
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Post#642 » by Optms » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

SlimShady83 wrote:Wolves 19 fouls
Lakers 18

Just saying.


They're gonna keep crying tho
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Post#643 » by jym85 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

good try by Luka but I think he was moving
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Post#644 » by ScrantonBulls » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

Lmao
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Re: 2025 NBA PLAYOFFS West First Round: #3 LA Lakers vs #6 Minnesota Timberwolves (MIN leads 1-0) 

Post#645 » by Tracymcgoaty » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

OriginalRed wrote:Might be premature but I think we can call this one over. Wolves can't get anything go offensively and the Lakers have dialed up their defense several notches from last game. The real question is can they repeat this effort throughout the entire series.


Considering our defense in game one was ranked bottom 30. It cant be worse than that. I have no **** idea what defense we were playing in game 1.
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Post#646 » by Effigy » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:55 am

OriginalRed wrote:Might be premature but I think we can call this one over. Wolves can't get anything go offensively and the Lakers have dialed up their defense several notches from last game. The real question is can they repeat this effort throughout the entire series.



I don’t see why not. They mostly just stand there and blow whistles against the tWolves. Why couldn’t they keep that up?
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Post#648 » by KyRo23 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

KyRo23 wrote:Thanks for wasting your challenge :lol: easy call


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Post#649 » by TheHartBreakKid » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

Yup he was moving. Good challenge by the wolves
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Post#650 » by Optms » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

He wasn't moving tho

Zebras trying to keep the game close
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Post#652 » by PistolPeteJR » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

Alright I stand corrected but frankly I’m not seeing it at all?
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Post#653 » by facothomas22 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

Things seemed promising for the Timnberwolves later in the 2nd and early into the 3rd quarter. The Timberwolves since then right back to bad basketball after that. Need to tighten up if they want to get a step closer towards sweeping the series .
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Post#654 » by Tracymcgoaty » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

Only against lakers are all the games rigged.
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Post#655 » by Liam_Gallagher » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:56 am

That’s a charge. You should be allowed to move a tiny bit.
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Post#656 » by KGDirkTD_Fan » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:57 am

The argument between Luka and Randle on what a charge is..is so hilarious
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Post#658 » by heyrayray » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:57 am

Got em on the hand. Foul
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Post#659 » by azcatz11 » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:57 am

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Post#660 » by Handlez » Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:57 am

So sick of these effing challenges

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