A barrage of threes leads the Timberwolves over the Lakers 💪 ◻️ Jaden McDaniels 25 PTS | 9 REB ◻️ Anthony Edwards 22 PTS | 9 AST ◻️ Naz Reid 23 PTS | 6-9 3PT - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 33 days ago

A barrage of threes leads the Timberwolves over the Lakers 💪

◻️ Jaden McDaniels 25 PTS | 9 REB
◻️ Anthony Edwards 22 PTS | 9 AST
◻️ Naz Reid 23 PTS | 6-9 3PT

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kkayt.bsky.social•33 days ago

Lakers defensive plan of praying they’ll miss the 3. Ahh learning from my Suns

satanicpandick.bsky.social•33 days ago

Had to rub my eyes just to make sure JJ Reddick wasn't actually just Mike Budenholzer this whole time 🤣

mazman08.bsky.social•33 days ago

Lakers look completely unprepared for playoff basketball. They were defending like it was a game in December. What was JJ doing all week?

doomerhermit.bsky.social•32 days ago

I never get this. These men are looked at as Gods on the court, but on the street, driving a car, a threat, a dangerous human by default. I do not get how so many Americans can hold such an obvious disparity, the cognitive dissonance must force them NOT to think about it.

ol-guillermo.bsky.social•33 days ago

This is a bad matchup for the LeBrons of LA...

wetz.bsky.social•33 days ago

Duh

mescalerodevildog.bsky.social•33 days ago

The Lakers run into a buzzsaw!

stevenalso.bsky.social•33 days ago

So they will hit a record number of threes each game?

realitybased.bsky.social•33 days ago

Go Wolves!!!

haleocentric.bsky.social•32 days ago

The Lakers got HANDLED!

travisj8143.bsky.social•33 days ago

Gotta stop those 3s

gamercat365.bsky.social•33 days ago

Timberwolves took a bite out of the Lakers and sent them to the dog house , on their court , better come back game 2 or its over

tamiltiger1.bsky.social•33 days ago

Les Bronny Les Bron he got no game.e

rollwithit54.bsky.social•33 days ago

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btsupe.bsky.social•32 days ago

LeFraud needs to retire. The lakers are a much better team without him playing. he always kills any momentum they have and doesn't have a bag after 20 years in the league, reducing him to a glorified role player swinging the rock as soon as a little real defense gets played.

jamesmccormick.bsky.social•33 days ago

The Wolves can win with their two best scorers not leading in scoring.

The Lakers cannot.

Wolves run in packs.

clayp2233.bsky.social•32 days ago

Wolves will not make 21 threes on 50+% again during this series, probably Lebrons and Reaves worst game of the series too so it will be interesting to see how it goes

jamesmccormick.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ant, Randle and Rudy all played below their averages. That’s the point. Wolves can win like that.

If they shot 35% on 3s, they still would have won.

Hard to lose while “committing” only 4 fouls. But the Lakers managed it.

clayp2233.bsky.social•32 days ago

Everyone outside of Luka played below their averages on the Lakers, which won’t sustain, should be a good series

jamesmccormick.bsky.social•31 days ago

Teams that play better than average defense tend to do that to their opponents.

Enjoy the post season.

clayp2233.bsky.social•31 days ago

The Lakers have been one of the best defensive teams in the league since the AD trade, they held OKC to 99 points and beat them by 27 points a couple of weeks ago.

ztepzek.bsky.social•33 days ago

LeBron didn’t appear motivated

ztepzek.bsky.social•33 days ago

Reddick was outcoached . He clearly didn’t have answers and the players looked lost. They appear as though they wish to be home with their spouses and GFs than playing basketball

kwagnecht.bsky.social•33 days ago

I know the athletic is BIG mad about LA losing

jcthecomedian.bsky.social•33 days ago

2 Teams have hit 25 Threes in a Playoff game in NBA History
1 has hit 24
2 have hit 23
11 have hit 22

Hitting 21 Threes is insane (only a dozen teams or so have done it....ever)

We will see if they can be that historic in Game 2...because that was wildddd

byaus.bsky.social•32 days ago

Timberwolves played out of their minds in that game

Lakers might have to start their offseason early if they don't make the necessary adjustments

satanicpandick.bsky.social•33 days ago

Nico was right about Luka.

hiroshimablues.bsky.social•33 days ago

That was embarrassing!

tracyreps.bsky.social•33 days ago

Totally

hiroshimablues.bsky.social•33 days ago

Nowhere to go but up now. 🤦🏿‍♂️

bchello.bsky.social•33 days ago

Feels like the right time, Wolves!!!! Ahhooooo!

jcmedia1.bsky.social•33 days ago

How are Nick Wright and Shannon Sharpe going to spin this?

bob02.bsky.social•33 days ago

Nick Wright and Shannon Sharpe will 100% blame this loss on Luka

jcmedia1.bsky.social•33 days ago

They're going to claim that LeBron was feeling the game out or easing into the series. Guaranteed.

bob02.bsky.social•33 days ago

Get a APB out on both Shannon Sharpe and Nick Wright and also get a wellness out on both of them just to make sure they are okay after the Lakers performance tonight

jcmedia1.bsky.social•33 days ago

They're going to have all kinds of excuses on Monday.

aerabit.neocities.org•33 days ago

i mean this still technically fits into sharpe’s “lakers in five” narrative…

jcmedia1.bsky.social•33 days ago

🤣🤣

lasvegasnv702.bsky.social•33 days ago

LeBron lost it for them

buyoutwallstreet.bsky.social•32 days ago

It's Edwards time.
And I don't want to start any rumors so I'm just sayin....

I have no idea who Edwards mom is, no clue. But I'm 90% I know who this mans pops is....

218inthe608.bsky.social•33 days ago

Really admirable of the Lakers to keep it so close despite being called for 3 fouls

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cbisek.bsky.social•33 days ago

The score looks closer than the game was.

garner-winthrop.bsky.social•33 days ago

Hope they make it through the playoffs

clayp2233.bsky.social•32 days ago

Very fluky three point shooting from the wolves, also bad nights from LeBron and Reaves, don’t see either being the norm this series

grnmtnbot.bsky.social•32 days ago

Just say you never watch the Timberwolves.

clayp2233.bsky.social•32 days ago

I have, they’re 6th seeds not 2nd seeds. McDaniel and Randle are not great three point shooters

grnmtnbot.bsky.social•32 days ago

DiVincenzo, Alexander-Walker, Conley, Ant, and Naz Reid are all pretty good, and those guys are excellent on other areas.

grnmtnbot.bsky.social•32 days ago

Lakers aren’t the 2 seed either - they finished a single game up on the Wolves, who just blew them out on their home court in the prime time matchup, in the playoffs. You’d best hope your Lakers bring their A+ game next time if you don’t want to see them get swept.

grnmtnbot.bsky.social•32 days ago

If you think the Wolves getting hot from deep, or shutting another team down, is a fluke, you clearly have either not watched the Wolves, or you fail to comprehend what you saw when you did.

clayp2233.bsky.social•31 days ago

You clearly have never watched the Lakers either? A team that held OKC to 99 points a few weeks ago, who beat the Celtics by 20

goyankees10.bsky.social•32 days ago

To be fair, they’re six seeds who finished 1 game behind the 3 seed. Basically an even match.

tcoopaloopa.bsky.social•32 days ago

How'd Bronny do though?

labrooy61.bsky.social•32 days ago

Reid only 6-9? From the bit I watched he couldn't miss the 3 pointers.

theathletic.bsky.social•33 days ago

The Timberwolves needed this game much more than the Lakers did.

Luka Dončić has eviscerated Minnesota in the playoffs. But they didn’t just beat him, they dominated the night ⤵️

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6292216/2025/04/19/nba-playoffs-results-scores/?source=bsky_hq

kwagnecht.bsky.social•33 days ago

The first sentence is ELITE coping. Sounds like a Laker fan wrote this

jigglybush.bsky.social•33 days ago

"Wolves treated this like a playoff game. For the Lakers it was just another Saturday 😎" type energy.

clayp2233.bsky.social•32 days ago

Fakest three point shooting I’ve ever seen from the wolves, we’ll see if that continues throughout the series

goyankees10.bsky.social•32 days ago

They are 4th in the nba in 3 point shooting. If our strategy is pack the paint and allow kicks for wide ass open 3’s, we got no chance. Ant gets a screen to get switched on to Luka, destroys him, we get away with fouling and get lucky or they kick to a wide open rhythm shooter.

clayp2233.bsky.social•31 days ago

McDaniels shoots 33% from 3 and Randle 34% they combined for 7-9 from 3, I’m sure they’re not going to run the same game plan but that was fluky from those two

goyankees10.bsky.social•31 days ago

We’ll see. Like 52 of minnesotas 60 attempts were uncontested. NBA players are going to make a lot of uncontested 3’s. I think it was fluky but even if they make 30% of those 3’s they still win by 10-12.

scottm-sig-vet.bsky.social•33 days ago

Lakers looked anemic and outgunned at home

lasvegasnv702.bsky.social•33 days ago

Oliver Twist....now that's a classic

donjohn8.bsky.social•33 days ago

Shooting over Doncic?

timfra.bsky.social•32 days ago

Beat LA

hailum23.bsky.social•33 days ago

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