NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles!
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards showed his jump capabilities Tuesday evening against Los Angeles Lakers when he put Jaxson Hayes on a poster.
Minnesota was down 15 points when Edwards took a pass from Julius Randle, gathered and attacked the basket. Hayes went up with Edwards but absolutely hammered.
CLICK HERE for more sports cover on Foxnews.com
Minnesota Timberwolves goalkeeper Anthony Edwards and La Mécue des Lakers, Luka Doncic in their first -round eliminatory match in Los Angeles, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP photo / Eric Thayer)
Edwards collected 25 points and six rebounds, but it was not enough to steal another match on the road far from Los Angeles.
The Lakers won, 94-85, to equalize the series to a match each.
Luka Doncic led the Lakers with 31 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists. LeBron James added 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Austin Reaves contributed to 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.
“We have examined what we did not do so well, which is a lot in match 1,” said James. “We took it to heart, we were responsible and had a much better result.”
Shaquille O’Neal runs on the TV to use the bathroom in the hilarious scene: “He can’t hold it”
Lakers Luka Donnteic goalkeeper goes to the basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves striker Julius Randle in match 2 in his eliminatory series in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP photo / Eric Thayer)
Lakers’ head coach, JJ Redick, torn into the team during a dead time. He was heard on the TNT broadcast asking his players: “What they were doing.
“I think this evening was just more than this emergency button goes up,” said Redick later.
Despite the dunk of highlights, Edwards said that the difficult defense of the Lakers had been difficult to him.
“The way they kept us, when I grab the ball, they go a sort of, and when I try to attack a gap, it’s like three people,” said Edwards. “I just have to make my decisions a little faster, and we will go well.”
Lakers striker Lebron James Dribble against the Timberwolves goalkeeper in Minnesota, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and the Naz Center Reid in Los Angeles, on Tuesday April 22, 2025. (AP photo / Eric Thayer)
Match 3 is scheduled for Friday evening in Minneapolis.
