The Los Angeles Lakers host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday in the NBA play-in tournament, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.
The Lakers have a chance at returning to the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2021 and clinching the seventh seed in the Western Conference with a win over Minnesota. If they do so, they would begin the playoffs against the second-seeded Memphis Grizzlies, otherwise, they would face the winner of the Oklahoma City Thunder-New Orleans Pelicans play-in contest on Friday with the eighth seed at stake.
Los Angeles lost the season series to the Timberwolves 2-1 this season. However, the first contest between these teams took place in late October and featured a much different-looking Lakers team.
Following the Russell Westbrook trade, it has become much deeper, younger and more well-balanced. Its newfound firepower was on display on March 31, when it blitzed the Timberwolves, 35-18, in the third quarter and cruised to an easy 123-111 win.