The Los Angeles Lakers attempt to bounce back against the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night in a compelling matchup between some of the league’s best rookies. Jordan Clarkson and Andrew Wiggins go head-to-head in a showdown of offensive-minded players that have been impressive in their first year in the league.
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Head coach Byron Scott may have not been in attendance for tonight’s game, but Paul Pressey, interim coach, chose to go with the same starting lineup featuring a Clarkson and Jeremy Lin backcourt. Check out the highlights provided by Time Warner Cable SportsNet:
Lakers up 24-15 over Minny after 1st Q.. Tarik Black leading with 6 points, 3 boards and 2 blocks
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 26, 2015
LAL closed the 1st Q on a 16-4 run to take a 24-15 lead into the 2nd Q. Meanwhile, likely Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins has yet to rest.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
#WAYN3 pic.twitter.com/aEUZwQ1Nwy
— Los Lakers (@LosLakers) March 26, 2015
We just witnessed Canadian-on-Canadian crime as Andrew Wiggins dunks on (or by) Robert Sacre.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Anytime the Lakers make a mistake, the T-Wolves scoreboard plays a clip of Nelson Muntz laughing at them
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 26, 2015
Kelly strikes from the corner, giving him a team-high 7 points, while the Lakers lead 41-35 with 5 minutes left in the half.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 26, 2015
LAL's lead is 49-43 at halftime, behind some balanced scoring: 6 Lakers have at least 5 points. Lin had 5 assists as the team shot 49%.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
Lakers end the first half up 6 over Minnesota, 49-43. Plenty of that J. Lin to Ed Davis connection.
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 26, 2015
Jeremy Lin went through five defenders for the layup as Lakers have their biggest lead at 13.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Not much is going on, but Lakers still lead 58-47 with 7:18 left in the third.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Ryan Kelly w/ his tribute to Dr. J there. Haha.
— Darius Soriano (@forumbluegold) March 26, 2015
Jeremy Lin with another strong performance with 11 in the third.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Jeremy Lin drops 13 of his game-high 19 points in the third quarter, as the Lakers look to close out. pic.twitter.com/MIDQtw0LCY
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 26, 2015
Four early 4th Q fouls by the Lakers will have the Wolves in the bonus for the rest of the period, with 8:18 still to play. LAL up 79-74.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
Actually, that last foul by Sacre at the 8:18 mark was LAL's 5th in the 4th Q already, so Minnesota got 2 FT's to cut LAL's lead to 3.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
Wolves push ahead 82-81
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) March 26, 2015
Jeremy Lin feeds a cutting Jordan Clarkson for the two-handed slam. HIGHLIGHT: http://t.co/hhttUyS5FO pic.twitter.com/mEGhmwTHkd
— LakersTV (@LakersTV) March 26, 2015
With less than four minutes to go, Clarkson, Brown, Ellington, Kelly and Black are in to close this game.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Ryan Kelly now just 3-15 from beyond the arc in his last three games (incl. tonight).
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 26, 2015
Ryan Kelly gets the fly-bu-bye. However, he just couldn't get his legs under that one. #Overtime…yup, exactly what we all wanted.
— Shahan Ahmed (@shahanLA) March 26, 2015
LAL held a 5-point lead with 1:38 to play, before the Wolves got 2 FT's, 3 stops and the corner 3 from Budinger to tie it up.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
What a pass from Jabari Brown to Tarik Black for the dunk as the Lakers regain the lead with 2:40 left in OT.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Jordan Clarkson's 6th turnover (5 assists) comes midway through overtime. Rookie struggling a bit to close.
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 26, 2015
Jordan Clarkson ties the game with two-free throws with 1:00 left in OT.
— Lakers Nation (@LakersNation) March 26, 2015
Minnesota's 19th TO is a Wiggins travel, and Clarkson answered with a layup with 34.5 seconds left to put LAL up 2. LaVine let him fly by.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) March 26, 2015
This is a league-leading 8th overtime game this season for the #Lakers
— Calder Hynes (@calder_h) March 26, 2015
Lakers win on overtime 101-99.
— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) March 26, 2015
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