The Minnesota Timberwolves made a press release in Recreation 1, blowing out the Los Angeles Lakers 117-95 and pulling down a playoff franchise document 21 three-pointers.
Minnesota took management of the sport within the second quarter and by no means let go. Jaden McDaniels led the workforce with 25 factors, whereas Naz Reid and Anthony Edwards added 22 every.
Luka Doncic scored 37 factors, however LeBron James and Austin Reaves had quiet performances with 19 and 16 factors, respectively.
See the reactions from social media beneath:
Anthony Edwards drops 22 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 1 STL because the Timberwolves get the 117-95 WIN over the Lakers and TAKE GAME 1 IN LA 😤 pic.twitter.com/Lzt7wKSUeP
— Basketball Perpetually (@bballforever_) April 20, 2025
Is Lakers twitter not working tonight?! Been actual quiet the previous couple of hours 😆
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) April 20, 2025
Coach JJ Redick did an incredible job all season however he didn’t do a great job for Recreation 1. The Lakers stood round on offense, performed an excessive amount of one-on-one basketball, and he didn’t make any crucial changes.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) April 20, 2025
Somebody simply textual content me with this message to ship DIRECTLY to @ShannonSharpe: Triple-A….NWA…..I Don’t Care what Shannon has to say = Lakers AIN’T successful in 5😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) April 20, 2025
Hazard for the Lakers is that if all you are able to do is play small they know what to anticipate on each ends. Nice work from the Wolves.
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) April 20, 2025
Lakers bought belt to ass as we speak.
And it’s fairly easy.
If LeBron and AR are going to be this…it’s a fast sequence for the wolves
— Ry (@JustRyCole) April 20, 2025
Minnesota isn’t gonna shoot lights out from deep all sequence, however 90 factors simply isn’t gonna lower it from the Lakers on the opposite finish.
— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) April 20, 2025
Ant 9 assists
Luka & Bron 4 assists
All assists got here off drives not double groups.
— 🏆LakersGuru🏆 (@GuruLakers) April 20, 2025
enthusiastic about the response on right here when the lakers misplaced recreation 1 to the rockets within the bubble in 2020
— claire de lune (@ClaireMPLS) April 20, 2025
No “JJ Redick saved my life” tweets on the TL? No evaluating the Lakers document to earlier years beneath Ham?
We took a worse roster to a WCF btw pic.twitter.com/AEC0sdubLm
— ᴅ ʀ ᴇ ᴡ (@FeelLikeDrew) April 20, 2025
Lakers crowd was louder throughout the bubble.
— Ballsack Sports activities (@BallsackSports) April 20, 2025
I swear to god you’re so fortunate Paul Heyman gave us an all time efficiency, have some disgrace and win recreation 2 @Lakers
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 20, 2025
Ima simply act like the primary Lakers recreation on Tuesday
— Mark Phillips (@SupremeDreams_1) April 20, 2025
