Minnesota completed a series win over Los Angeles on Wednesday night, using a huge game from its center and some clutch buckets to send the Lakers home in the first round.

The Lakers took a big early lead, then hung on to defeat Minnesota in Game 2 of their first-round NBA playoffs series.

LeBron James finished with 38 points, but Luka Doncic struggled to find his shot while battling illness in the Lakers' 116-104 loss to Minnesota in Game 3.

The Minnesota Timberwolves beat the L.A. Lakers 103-96 Wednesday night to advance to the Western Conference Semifinals for the second straight year.

KSM_Capital: "The last time the Lakers played at home we won by 15 Both games in Minnesota ... the teams would head back to Minnesota for Game 6 on Friday night.

Lakers fans should take heart in how tough their team played last night. The Wolves looked ... disadvantage into a plus-seven win. The Wolves made 21 3s in Game 1 to account for more than half ...

Despite Minnesota's 22-point blowout win in Game 1, the Lakers are favored by more in Game 2. The Wolves closed as 4.5-point underdogs on Saturday, but they are now six-point underdogs on Tuesday ...

The New York Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title ...

Lakers coach JJ Redick decided to make that quintet the first unit for Wednesday night’s win-or-go-home Game 5. Dorian Finney-Smith started Game 5 of the first-round playoff series in place of ...

an acknowledgement that despite having two otherworldly talents, they can’t win a beauty pageant here. The Timberwolves stunned the Lakers with a 22-point blowout win in Game 1 on Saturday night.

On Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers ... KSM_Capital: "The last time the Lakers played at home we won by 15 Both games in Minnesota were close.