Los Angeles Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolve Game 3 Full Highlights | 2025 WCR1 | FreeDawkins

Welcome to Minneapolis, a beautiful sunrise on a beautiful spring day. Playoff basketball returns to the Twin Cities Target Centers packed. First home game of the 2025 postseason for the Timberwolves and their rabid fans following two games in Los Angeles. Rui Hachimura knocks down the first shot of the game. LeBron James rises up, knocks down his first shot. Shot only 43% the first two games. Hachimura guarding Conley. Hachimura's been quite the versatile defender. Couldn't stop Conley there. Off-hand floater. Hachimura posting up down the other end, takes advantage of Mike Conley. McDaniels fakes the three, drives, goes right at Jackson Hayes and puts it in. What a difficult shot for McDaniels. Randle drives on Hayes, gets inside. Bang shot is good. Good, aggressive, forceful move from Julius Randle. Randle whips a pass. McDaniels, a much-improved offensive player, gets to the rim. McDaniels drives on Dojic, pulls up. Jumper's good off the glass. Edwards short. Hachimura on the rebound. Quick outlet. Here comes James in the open floor. One man to beat. It's Randle, lays it up and in. Still with that burst of speed. Dojic pulls up. Corner jumper's good. The high archer. Luka Dojic in this series. 37 points game one, 31 points, nine assists in game two. Dojic kicks it out. Reeves, good open look for three. That's good. Vinnie Smith cuts. Gobert right there lurking. Vinnie Smith blocked by Gobert. Edwards with the slam. The Lakers thought it was a goaltend down the other end. James comes back. Nas Reed in the game. James, one dribble. Jump shot is good. LeBron James knocks down a couple. He's now three for three overall. DiVincenzo the handoff. Gabe Vincent's come off of the Lakers. DiVincenzo from way downtown. Vinnie Smith tries to answer and does. Nice move, DiVincenzo. Nice pass. Finish won't happen. Nas Reed gets the offensive rebound. And there's the finish. Edwards double-team inside to Randle. Good position. Backs at home. Timeout, Lakers. Little zone defense looks like here from Minnesota. Reeves fires away and takes care of the zone. That way. There's Reeves. Gets past Randle. Nice feed inside. And Vanderbilt throws it down. James back in. Alexander Walker catches, fires, and hits. They're now three for seven from three-point range. Drive, dodges, goes inside. Shot won't go. The follow is good. Vinnie Smith, good hustle play. Six-tenths of a second remaining. McDaniels not guarding. James gets away kindly on a mismatch. And James takes advantage. Can't get at the fall, but the follow. Backs at home. LeBron James, eight points here in the first half. James drives, powers down, lays it up and in with Gobert lurking right behind him. Lakers lead all teams in playoffs wearing masks. Reeves fires away. His three-pointer, that's good. Rattles it in. Reeves' third three-pointer. This time, James comes off. Randle chasing him. James finds the elbow. Jump shot's good. Rattles it in. He's six of eight from the field. Edwards banks at home using his strength. There it goes. Randle backs in using his strength. Gets inside. Bank shot way too strong. But Edwards, shot blocked by James. Picked up by Goodwin. Here comes LeBron the other way. Pulls up, three-pointer. Puts it in. LeBron James, 16 points already. And the Lakers back up by two. Nice pass. Anthony Edwards was four years old when LeBron played his very first playoff game. Inside. McDaniels blocked. Hachimura and Vanderbilt both right there. Four turnovers for Minnesota. Lakers with eight. They had six of them in the first. James knocks down the three. His second three-pointer. He's got 20 points already in just 15 minutes. McDaniels drives in. Nice left-handed soft touch. That's just too easy. Dotchage looking for an opening. McDaniels plays him well. But Dodger, it's nice fake. And knocks down his second field goal. Five-point Laker lead. Randle draws the foul. Count it. One. McDaniels drives and slams a flying McDaniels. And it's back to a one-point game. Reeves, smooth-looking jumper. He's in double figures. And that was a big shot by Reeves. Reeves can't get it. James on the follow. And the foul. Randle against Reeves. There's the double. Finds Edwards. That's a difficult pass. Edwards rattles home the three. His second three-pointer. He's got 12. James backs in. Up top to Reeves. Reeves, long three-pointer. Got it. Reeves from way downtown. His fourth three-pointer. About a three-and-a-half second difference. Shot clock and game clock. Good defense from Edwards. Dotchage has to take a contested three. And knocks it down. Loka Dotchage's first three-pointer. He was 0 for 4. Edwards pulls back. Sometimes he makes looks scoring so easy. Effortless. McDaniels has been quite involved. Pulls up. Shot is good. 16 for McDaniels. He sets a screen. Gets it back. Goes up and under. Back shot's good. Edwards trying to draw a foul. Gets it to McDaniels. McDaniels off the bounce and banks it home. His ball handling has really improved off the dribble. Dotchage throws it up. And broken up nicely by Gobert. Conley fakes the pass. Now kicks it out. Edwards wide open. Chance to set. Nails the three. His fourth three-pointer. 4 of 7 from downtown. He's got 18. Randle wide open. Hits a three. His first three-pointer's got 17 total. Randle on the drive. Met by Hayes. Knocked away. He thought he got hit. Here comes Dotchage. Ahead to Reeves. Alley-oop to James. Beautiful setup off the turnover. Conley lines that one up. That's good. Mike Conley. Just his second field goal. Reeves nice fake there. And nails the three-pointer. Reeves 5 of 10 from three. Edwards gets in the paint. Layup strong and good. Dotchage using his size and strength against Conley. And nice soft touch. Reeves drives. Gets inside. His layup is good. It's knocked down. Reeves having an excellent game. 19 points. McDaniels blocked by Hachimura. McDaniels gets it back. Dotchage wrestles it away. But not before a held ball. Corner three. McDaniels in and out. Dotchage. Little rebound stolen by Edwards. Drives inside and a slam. Oh, what a finish from Anthony Edwards. Dotchage. Hachimura. He attempts the three. That rattles in. Hachimura's only taken four shots, but he's hit three of them. Oh, knocked away. Picked up by McDaniels. Layup counted and a foul. Rudy Gobert gets a little revenge. Gabe Vinson gets a clean look and hits a three. Randle stepped back. Well short. Just grazes at the bottom of the rim. Poked away. Alexander Walker to steal. Randle has it. Layup is good. And a foul. James rifles a pass inside. Vanderbilt right back out. Vinny Smith opening the corner. Three-pointer's good. Vinny Smith with his first three. Make that his second three-pointer. Dotchage forces up the shot. And hits it. Luka Dotchage with Randle draped over him, going for a two-for-one there. All right, Lisa Gay. Vinson goes coast-to-coast. Lays it up and in. And the Lakers tie the game as we begin this fourth quarter. Conley cuts off the ball. Beautiful look there from Randle. His fourth assist. DiVincenzo pulls back. Fires up a three. Got it. Dante DiVincenzo. Big plays here in game three. And it's a five-point lead. Blocked by DiVincenzo. Conley gets the offensive rebound. Brings it back out. Looks. His three-pointer. Banks it in. Mike Conley with a smile. James has had his best game of the series thus far. Finds Goodwin. Baseline jumper's good. How about Jordan Goodwin here in the fourth quarter of game three? Randle drives on Hachimura. Double falling away. Difficult shot. Bounces around and drops through. 22 for Randle. Hachimura dribbles it off his foot. Picked up by McDaniels. McDaniels drives inside. Dodgics just stopped. He thought he heard a whistle. That's what he's looking for.