NBA Final Intelligence

LAL 6-2
116 – 115
FINAL
MIN 5-3

Los Angeles Lakers 116, Minnesota Timberwolves 115 — Recap

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📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Los Angeles Lakers 116, Minnesota Timberwolves 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 LAL 32-34 MIN; Q2 LAL 30-24 MIN; Q3 LAL 35-28 MIN; Q4 LAL 19-29 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (MIN) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jaden McDaniels (MIN) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Austin Reaves (LAL) 28 points, 1 rebounds, 16 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-24 shooting; Jake LaRavia (LAL) 27 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 10-of-11 shooting; Deandre Ayton (LAL) 17 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN
33 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 10-20 FG
Scoring · MIN
30 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 11-19 FG
Scoring · LAL
28 PTS, 1 REB, 16 AST, 3 3PM · 9-24 FG
Season highs
Julius Randle · Season-high 33 pointsJaden McDaniels · Season-high 30 pointsJake LaRavia · Season-high 27 pointsAustin Reaves · Season-high 16 assistsJarred Vanderbilt · Season-high 12 reboundsJake LaRavia · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

1234 T
LAL 32303519 116
MIN 34242829 115

🧮 How They Scored

LALMIN
60Points in the paint44
13Fast-break points14
14Second-chance points6
26Points off turnovers22
24Bench points21
Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor
60.8%Effective FG%59.1%
16.3%Turnover %16.4%
30.6%Offensive rebound %23.7%
0.265Free-throw rate0.268

Box Score

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Austin Reaves G 40281162039-243-117-7-1
Jake LaRavia F 37278211310-115-62-5+3
Rui Hachimura F 3717540037-141-42-2-7
Dalton Knecht F 3615111207-121-50-1-1
Deandre Ayton C 35171030128-110-01-20
Jarred Vanderbilt F 2631241041-30-11-2+4
Jaxson Hayes C 132231111-20-00-0+1
Nick Smith Jr. G 107110012-61-42-3+1
Bronny James G 50000010-00-00-0+5

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player MINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFT+/-
Jaden McDaniels F 41307110211-193-45-5+10
Rudy Gobert C 389620234-50-01-2+7
Julius Randle F 36335610310-204-79-10-1
Donte DiVincenzo G 3414461034-73-53-3+7
Mike Conley G 288463223-62-40-0+2
Naz Reid F-C 225510122-101-50-2-8
Rob Dillingham G 168151014-80-00-0-7
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F 160111000-30-20-0-14
Nah'Shon Hyland G 88120023-42-30-0-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Austin Reaves Starter 402851.732.6+1.616.3
Jake LaRavia Starter 3727102.318.8+5.515.4
Deandre Ayton Starter 351771.517.3+3.213.0
Rui Hachimura Starter 371757.121.2-11.06.7
Jarred Vanderbilt Starter 26338.712.3+15.45.0
Dalton Knecht Bench 361560.314.1+0.29.1
Nick Smith Jr. Bench 10747.830.8-0.74.7
Jaxson Hayes Bench 13250.09.7+11.95.6
Marcus Smart Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Bronny James Bench 500.08.3+52.3-6.1
Chris Mañon Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact
PlayerRoleMINPTSTS%USG%NETPIE
Julius Randle Starter 363367.631.8+0.219.3
Jaden McDaniels Starter 413070.824.0+10.414.1
Donte DiVincenzo Starter 341484.113.8+8.38.5
Rudy Gobert Starter 38976.510.3+6.05.5
Mike Conley Starter 28866.712.5+3.413.1
Nah'Shon Hyland Bench 88100.028.6+7.214.1
Rob Dillingham Bench 16850.020.0-26.68.5
Naz Reid Bench 22523.022.4-19.3-2.1
Joe Ingles Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Johnny Juzang Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Leonard Miller Bench 0000.00.00.00.0
Terrence Shannon Jr. Bench 1600.07.9-32.9-7.5
Joan Beringer Bench 0000.00.00.00.0

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series LAL 2 – 0 MIN
Last 21 meetings · since 2020-21 LAL 11 – 10 MIN
Previous meetingsOpen the recap
After this game
Los Angeles Lakers 3-2 W1 L10 3-2 Next game recap: @ MEM · Fri, Oct 31
Minnesota Timberwolves 2-3 L2 L10 2-3 Next game recap: @ CHA · Sat, Nov 1

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