Despite a fun fourth-quarter rally from the bench unit, the Lakers lost for the fourth time in five preseason games on Wednesday, 118-113. Putrid shooting from the outside for the first three quarters — which were played by the Lakers starters and rotation players — proved a hole too big to climb out of.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis both looked tremendous once again on the night while four of the five Lakers starters reached double figures. But for most of those three quarters, and for the entirety of the third period itself, the Lakers trailed to a Timberwolves team without two of its best players.