US EditionFormer coach and NBA-TV analyst Sam Mitchell breaks down Wolves playoff series vs. Lakers
- The Los Angeles Lakers, coached by JJ Redick, will face the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first round of the 2025 playoffs.
- The Clippers' Sunday overtime win versus the Warriors secured the Lakers' No. 3 seed, setting up this playoff matchup.
- Los Angeles finished the season with a loss to Portland, while Minnesota concluded with a 49-33 record and Anthony Edwards leading the team.
- Luka Doncic previously averaged 32.4 points, 8.2 assists, and 2.2 steals against the Wolves in last year's playoffs, earning series MVP.
- Redick acknowledges that Minnesota is a difficult opponent, and the Lakers will use rest and a gradual introduction to playoff strategies to prepare.
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The Timberwolves have week to prepare for Lakers. Do they have the proper data?
A year ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves had a week off ahead of each of their first two playoff series — in the first round against Phoenix and the conference semifinals against Denver — and clearly used it to perfection. Minnesota blitzed the Suns and Nuggets in each of the first two games of the series en route to reaching the Western Conference Finals. But to assume the same thing could occur in Minnesota’s Round 1 bout with the Lakers, which …
Former coach and NBA-TV analyst Sam Mitchell breaks down Wolves playoff series vs. Lakers
NBA-TV analyst Sam Mitchell spoke with our Darren ‘Doogie’ Wolfson about the Wolves-Lakers first round playoff matchup.Game 1 of the best-of-7 series is Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. on 5-Eyewitness News. The Lakers have homecourt advantage.***Click the video box above to watch our conversation with Mitchell***Mitchell went 185-242 as an NBA head coach with the […]
Pine Journal
To beat the Lakers, Minnesota must conquer its Boogeyman
Minnesota is a Boogeyman of sorts to Denver. Not only did Minnesota end the Nuggets’ title defense a year ago, the Wolves also swept Denver in four regular-season matchups this year. So Denver breathed a little sigh of relief when the Los Angeles Clippers edged Golden State in overtime Sunday, meaning the Clippers, not the Wolves, would be the Nuggets’ first-round opponent. Now Denver won’t see its Boogeyman unless the Nuggets and Timberwolves b…
Assessing the Timberwolves ahead of Lakers playoff match-up
Last season the Minnesota Timberwolves ate well. They ambushed a league that had pegged them for the middle of the pack and stormed their way into the Western Conference Finals before running out of gas against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Their NBA-best defense routinely put a sleeper hold on opponents for most of the campaign, enough to become an identity that the Wolves brandished like a cop knowing a billy club, a taser, and a revol…
Frederick: To beat the Lakers, Minnesota must conquer its Boogeyman
Minnesota is a Boogeyman of sorts to Denver. Not only did Minnesota end the Nuggets’ title defense a year ago, the Wolves also swept Denver in four regular-season matchups this year. So Denver breathed a little sigh of relief when the Los Angeles Clippers edged Golden State in overtime Sunday, meaning the Clippers, not the Wolves, would be the Nuggets’ first-round opponent. Now Denver won’t see its Boogeyman unless the Nuggets and Timberwolves b…
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