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.
How to watch
Here’s when you should tune in to see the game:
- Date: April 11, 2023
- Time: 10 p.m. ET
- TV Channel: TNT
Lakers versus Timberwolves injury report
Timberwolves: Jaylen Nowell (left knee tendinopathy) and Karl-Anthony Towns (right calf strain) are questionable and Rudy Gobert (team suspension), Jaden McDaniels (right hand fracture) and Naz Reid (left scaphoid fracture) are out.
Lakers: Anthony Davis (right foot stress injury), LeBron James (right foot soreness) and D’Angelo Russell (left foot soreness) are probable.
Probable starting lineups
The following were the starting lineups for both teams in their previous games:
Timberwolves
- G – Mike Conley
- G – Anthony Edwards
- C – Rudy Gobert
- F – Jaden McDaniels
- F – Karl-Anthony Towns
Lakers
- G – D’Angelo Russell
- G – Austin Reaves
- C – Anthony Davis
- F – LeBron James
- F – Jarred Vanderbilt
