Rudy Gobert had playoff career highs of 27 points and 24 rebounds, Julius Randle added 23 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves advanced in the NBA playoffs with a 103-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of their first-round series.

Conley’s Minnesota Timberwolves were in Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 27, Dončić’s sixth game in a Lakers uniform. Even though Dončić wasn’t particularly sharp, the Lakers cruised to a 111-102 victory. Long after the visiting locker room cleared out,

For the second time in as many seasons, Minnesota has won a playoff series. And it did so again by taking down one of the game’s titans.

The Los Angeles Lakers exit the NBA play-offs at the first hurdle as the Minnesota Timberwolves complete a 4-1 series victory.

Rudy Gobert runs amok against the Lakers’ small-ball lineup and Minnesota wins the fourth quarter again, as Luka Doncic and LeBron James see their first postseason together end with a 103-96