It was ‘Lakers in 5,’ however not the best way L.A. followers anticipated. The Minnesota Timberwolves knocked out LeBron James and the Lakers in a convincing 103-96 win in Recreation 5 behind a profession night time for Rudy Gobert, who completed with 27 factors and 24 rebounds.
The Lakers fell quick once more within the fourth quarter, scoring solely 16 factors as Minnesota didn’t even want a peak efficiency from Anthony Edwards, who scored simply 15 factors on 5-19 taking pictures from the sector.
Take a look at the speedy reactions:
Timberwolves historical past:
With Anthony Edwards: 14 playoff wins in 5 seasons
With out Anthony Edwards: 18 playoff wins in 31 seasons
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) April 26, 2025
Anthony Edwards = king slayer
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) May 1, 2025
Congratulations to my good pal Minnesota Timberwolves proprietor Alex Rodriguez, celebrity Anthony Edwards and the whole Minnesota Timberwolves group for beating my Lakers and advancing to the subsequent spherical. The rationale the Lakers misplaced was as a result of they performed terrible on protection, they…
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 1, 2025
Lakers in franchise historical past had NEVER misplaced within the first spherical when a 3 seed or larger.
Till at present.
LeBron breaking extra information 🤣😂
— Jacob (@Jacobtheclipper) May 1, 2025
The reward for getting the three seed was attending to face Anthony Edwards.
The reward for getting the 7 seed was attending to face Jalen Inexperienced.
Steph’s luck is just rivaled by Tom Brady.
— Barry (@BarryOnHere) April 30, 2025
