Schedule and 2024-25 Results
Regular Season Records: Lakers 50-32, Minnesota 49-33
Game 1 on Saturday, 19 April: Minnesota wins at Los Angeles Lakers, 117-pts-95
Game 2 on Tuesday, 22 April: Minnesota loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 94-pts-85
Game 3 on Friday, 25 April: Los Angeles Lakers lose at Minnesota, 116-pts-104
Game 4 on Sunday, 27 April: Los Angeles Lakers lose at Minnesota, 116-pts-113
Game 5 on Wednesday, 30 April: Minnesota wins at Los Angeles Lakers, 103-pts-96

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Minnesota Timberwolves visited and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 103-pts-96 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 victory. With the series 1605 win, the Minnesota Timberwolves improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 5-6 overall and 3-4 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1605 loss, the Los Angeles Lakers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 74-35 overall and 9-6 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Minnesota Timberwolves in series 1605 was WLWWW: Series 1605 thus becomes the tenth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 36th NBA series (all rounds), and the 96th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 116-pts-113 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 lead of 3-games-1. The Minnesota Timberwolves trailed the visiting Los Angeles Lakers by ten points after three quarters but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games from 1947 through 4/26/2025, inclusive, home teams down ten points as late as after three quarters had a game record of only 3-54 (.053) - the Minnesota Timberwolves thus achieve a grade-A (.000 - .099) in-game comeback.

After Game 3: The Minnesota Timberwolves hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 116-pts-104 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 lead of 2-games-1.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 94-pts-85 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 at 1-game-all.

After Game 1: The Minnesota Timberwolves visited and topped the Los Angeles Lakers 117-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 lead of 1-game-nil.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished one games ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves. From 1947 through the 2024 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 23-27 (.460) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1605 is the 109th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 11th for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Lakers have an all-rounds series record of 74-34, a Preliminary-round series record of 9-5, and a Game 1 record of 68-40, while the Minnesota Timberwolves have an all-rounds series record of 4-6, a Preliminary-round series record of 2-4, and a Game 1 record of 4-6. Series 1605 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. In their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in six games (in the 2003 NBA Preliminary round and in the 2004 NBA Semifinals, with the 2004 loss knocking the Timberwolves out of best-of-7 NBA playoff series action until 2018).