Brandon Ingram coming back from a four-game suspension forced Luke Walton to make an interesting adjustment to the starting lineup. Walton went with Ingram and Kyle Kuzma along with Lonzo Ball, JaVale McGee and LeBron James, with Josh Hart going back to the bench as the Lakers lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis, 124-120.
The game was a close affair throughout. Butler got insanely hot from deep in the fourth and the Lakers weren’t able to create enough offense to keep up, struggling to find the balance of relying on James (who admittedly didn’t play well down the stretch) and creating enough egalitarian flow in their offense.