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The Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves will tip off their 2024-25 NBA playoffs with Game 1 of their first-round series scheduled for Sunday. This will be their first time playing against each other in the postseason in over two decades.
The LA Lakers booked their playoff spot for their third-straight season. While they were defeated 4-1 in the first round of the 2024 playoffs by the Denver Nuggets, the Purple and Gold franchise has elevated expectations for a deeper run due to the addition of their new X-factor, Luka Doncic.
Meanwhile, the Timberwolves made the postseason for their fourth-straight season after narrowly avoiding the Play-In Tournament. After making the Western Conference Finals in the previous season after a 20-year gap, Minnesota fans have high expectations for a deeper run this season, and the team seems poised to take on the challenge.
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LA Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves season stats
The Lakers finished the regular season with the first 50-win season since 2020 to clinch the third seed in the West. They had a 115.0 offensive rating, the 11th-best in the league, and a 113.8 defensive rating, ranked 17th.
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Meanwhile, the Timberwolves finished with a three-game winning streak to clinch the sixth seed with a 49-33 record. They ranked eighth with a 115.7 offensive rating, and sixth with a 110.8 defensive rating.
LA Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves head-to-head
The LA Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves have met 133 times in the NBA regular season, with the Lakers up in their head-to-head with an 87-46 record. Moreover, they also faced each other in the playoffs in back-to-back seasons in 2003 and 2004, and the Lakers are up in that as well with an 8-4 record.
In the 2003-04 season, the fourth-seeded Timberwolves and the fifth-seeded Lakers met in the West's first-round series, which concluded 4-2 in favor of LA. In the following season, the first-seeded Timberwolves and the second-seeded Lakers met at the conference finals, which had the same result.
In the recently concluded regular season, both teams had a 2-2 record against each other in their season series, with the Lakers winning their first and last meetings. Both teams won the matchups held at their home court.
Here are the scorelines of their regular-season encounters this season:
- Timberwolves 102-111 Lakers, Feb. 27, 2025
- Lakers 87-97 Timberwolves, Dec. 13, 2024
- Lakers 80-109 Timberwolves, Dec. 2, 2024
- Timberwolves 103-110 Lakers, Oct. 22, 2024
LA Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves 2025 Playoff Schedule
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