Chipalu Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch on facing the Lakers without LeBron James in the lineup Seems to activate Luka amp Reavesseem to share the shots They become exponentially more dangerousbeen pretty good when 2 of those 3 been out because of just a usage puzzle

Skip Bayless The Lakers are a better both ends of the floor basketball team without Luka

Lowlights The Minnesota Timberwolves relentlessly hunting Nikola Jokic on defense putting him in every action and blowing past him for easy rim finishes

Chris Finch I just told them Timberwolves we just got punked

Skip Bayless I just think the Lakers are a better basketball team on both ends of the floor without Luka LeBron has far less ego than Luka Luka is the most inefficient player in the league

NBA Today The sense around the Lakers is that Austin Reaves is actually the one that's further along than Luka Doncic in their respective rehab processes I am told Austin Reaves has started 1 on 1 on court work The Lakers are not expecting Luka Doncic to be back in this series

Ajay Mitchell gets hit in the face and LeBron James finds Luke Kennard for a 3-pointerIn the next play LeBron finds Austin Reaves for a 3-pointer from the same spot for Reaves' first field goal made of the night