The Los Angeles Lakers’ regular-season success with LeBron James and Luka Doncic and the prospect of a deep playoff run faded and disappeared before May arrived on the West Coast.
No deep playoff run. No chance of a second-round series against Golden State or Houston and no chance of a conference finals series against Oklahoma City.
The Lakers’ season is over, and it took the sixth-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves just five games to upend the third-seeded Lakers.