00:00We'll be right back. LeBron James and the LA Lakers facing elimination at the hands of Anthony Edwards
00:06and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 5 of their Western Conference Playoff Series.
00:11We start you off in the first, Luka Donich to Roy Hakamira who busts out a huge left-handed jam.
00:17Minnesota Timberwolves lead 12-7 and it's Anthony Edwards with the drive and layup, Minnesota by a dozen.
00:24Naz Reed to Rudy Gobert for the jam. He's all alone down there and Minnesota goes up by 14.
00:31Gabe Vincent on the other end to LeBron James for the layup and the foul, he'd make the free throw.
00:37Minnesota's lead cut to three.
00:39Luka Donich to LeBron James for the drive and jam, but again, Minnesota by eight.
00:45Luka Donich drives, watch him get fouled hard here by Dante DiVincenzo.
00:49Rule the common foul after the review, but Donich appears to be in pain.
00:54We head to the locker room at the half.
00:57Minnesota led by 10.
01:00We go into the second half and it's another look at Luka Donich back out on the court.
01:05You see that back support he is wearing, he takes it off to play.
01:09And in the third, how's he doing?
01:12Luka Donich, so he's doing okay, knocking down the three that cuts the lead down to six.
01:17Anthony Edwards drives, nearly loses it, but somehow able to push up a shot and get it to go, Minnesota by seven.
01:24Then LeBron to Hakamira for three, Rue played well in this one, knocks the shot down, Minnesota's lead down to four.
01:31Off the miss, the Lakers get the rebound, Luka Donich in the corner, another three, he had 28 points, nine assists, seven rebounds.
01:39Then Donich to Dorian Finney-Smith for the three, it's the Lakers' first lead of the game.
01:44Nikhil Alexander-Walker finds a cutting Rudy Gobert for the open.
01:49Stuffed to tie it up at 79.
01:52Then Rudy Gobert, watch him block the shot, it's Jared Vanderbilt at the rim, just getting stuffed here by Rudy.
01:58You can see that one more time.
02:01Minnesota at this point up by just a single digit.
02:05Dante DiVincenzo misses the three, Rudy Gobert there for the putback.
02:08Look at these stats, 27 points, 24 rebounds for Gobert, Minnesota by three.
02:16Julius Randle, tremendous in the fourth, knocks down the floater, he had 23, Minnesota by five.
02:22Luka Donich to LeBron James for the corner three, LeBron, 22 points, seven rebounds, six assists, Minnesota by two.
02:30Kyrie Irving watching as Anthony Edwards hits the layup in transition.
02:35He had 15 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, and off-night shooting, but Minnesota up by six.
02:42LeBron to Hakamura for the three, he had 23.
02:46Minnesota's lead down to three with less than two to go.
02:50Anthony Edwards to Mike Conley, he hits the crucial three.
02:53We'll see you next time.
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