The Minnesota Timberwolves took a 1-0 lead in their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 117-95 win in Game 1 at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday night. It was a poor showing from the Lakers on both ends of the floor, but they especially struggled on defense.

In the night’s finale, the Los Angeles Lakers fell to a heavy defeat in front of their home fans, losing 117-95 to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of their Western Conference best-of-seven series.

Jaden McDaniels opened the third quarter with a 3 to extend Minnesota's lead to 65-48. Two more 3s by Julius Randle and Anthony Edwards and another bucket by McDaniels extended the run to 11-0 and Minnesota's lead to 70-48.