Naz Reid exited Minnesota's Game 1 duel with Los Angeles briefly after taking a blow to the head while challenging Jarred ...

The Lakers need to regroup after being the only home team to lose Saturday on the opening day of the NBA playoffs.

The Lakers had no answer to the hot outside shooting of the Timberwolves, who shot 21-of-42 from three-point distance.

While Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was figuring out the defense, his less-heralded teammates were building a lead.

Dylan Hernández writes the Lakers froze in the bright lights of the NBA playoffs, failing to match the physical Timberwolves ...

Karl-Anthony Towns grew up down the road from Madison Square Garden. The former Kentucky Wildcat delivered fireworks in his ...

The Lakers say they need to match the physicalty of the Timberwolves in Game 2 of their playoff series after a 117-95 loss in ...

Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points, Naz Reid added 23 with six 3-pointers, and the Minnesota Timberwolves overcame Luka ...

Jaden McDaniels collected 25 points with nine rebounds and Anthony Edwards added 22 points, eight rebounds and nine assists ...

In the Timberwolves win over the Lakers, Naz Reid exited the game with what looked like a pretty brutal head injury.

And putting aside the tactical and schematic components of the matchup for a moment, there was also simply the physical element: The Wolves are bigger, faster and stronger than the Lakers. The ...