Many NBA experts saw Game 5 in the Timberwolves-Lakers game as the most important of the series — the one that would flip the series for the winning team.
What few predicted is that it would be an elimination game, let alone a game in which Anthony Edwards and the Wolves could eliminate LeBron James, Luka Doncic, and the star-studded Lakers.
Yet here we are. Minnesota leading 3-1 with a chance to close things out Wednesday night in the City of Angels.
If the Lakers are to book a return trip to the Twin Cities for Game 6, not only with Doncic and James have to be great, they’ll need help from role players like Austin Reaves, Rui Hachimura, and Dorian Finney-Smith.
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