After Luka Doncic debuted for the Lakers in February, the team failed to score at least 105 points only three times (one of those games, LeBron James got hurt and another he didn’t play). They cleared that bar just once in their abbreviated postseason, in Game 4 in Minnesota, and they needed 19 threes to get 113 points.

After a wild NBA season that saw the Los Angeles Lakers start slow, add Luka Dončić and eventually surge to 50 wins and the West's third seed, they were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Behind a monster 27-point, 24-rebound performance from Rudy Gobert, Minnesota won 103-96 on the road to end the series in just five games.

Just like that, arguably the Oklahoma City Thunder's biggest threat in the West is gone. The early elimination will surely dominate the airwaves for the next couple of days. As th

After an exhilarating comeback, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a shot at eliminating the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night and advancing to the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The Lakers looked they were going to grab a split on the road in Games 3 and 4,