Lakers 116 vs 115 Timberwolves Reaves buzzer beater: summary, stats, score and highlights | NBA regular season

After Julius Randle completed the 20 point comeback with 10 seconds on the clock it was time for Reaves to win the game. He had Gobert one on one and took him to the paint and hit the fader as the clock expired. 

Austin Reaves had a career high 51 points in the Lakers last game, and tonight he tied a career high 16 assists against Minnesota. He was passing the ball all night, but when the game was on the line he took it upon himself to win the game from the Target Center. 

Jake LaRavia had a monster game to take some of the burden off off Reaves. He had 27 points and had a big third quarter to help put the Lakers up by 20. It looked like it was all LA but the Timberwolves cut into the lead with Bones Hyland and Julius Randle heating up heading into the 4th. 

The Los Angeles Lakers went into Minnesota for a starless battle against the Timberwolves. There was no LeBron, there was no Luka nor was Anthony Edwards, but there was Austin Reaves and that was enough for the Lakers. 

He got off to a slow start but was getting his teammates involved early as his shot warmed up. He had 8 after the first quarter, but he was just getting started. 

REAVES WINS IT AT THE BUZZER WITH A FLOATER DOWN THE LANE!!!!

Randle down the lane and he lays it up and in with 10.2 to go in the 4th quarter! MIN have come back from a 20 point defict!

Timeout LA.

McDaniels down low and Conley found him for the slam on the baseline. 

McDaniels drills a three ball off the feed from Randle and it's a one possession game with 1:30 to go!

Randle to the line after the foul on Reaves and he hits both FTs. 

Ayton ends the run with a mid range jumper from inside the FT line. 

DiVencenzo drills the catch and shoot three from the wing and LA need a timeout with 3:04 to go in the 4th. 

Randle dumps it off for Gobert on the dunk on the baseline.

Reaves jacks a long three ball from the top of the key to put LA back up double digits. 

Conley drills the three pointer from the wing out of the timeout. 

Timeout Lakers with 4:42 to go. 

DiVincenzo to the line after the foul on Smith and he hits both FTs. 

McDaniels slashes down the lane and he lays it up and in off the glass. 

Hachimura with the slam down the lane after the dish from Knecht

DiVencenzo with the finger roll down the lane and gets the foul on Ayton. FT is good. 

Hachimura drills the step back from the elbow. 

Timeout Timberwolves with 6:55 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Randle to the line after the foul on LaRavia and he hits both FTs. 

LaRavia drills another three ball and he's got 27 points!

Gobert to the line after the foul on Vanderbilt and he hits one of two. 

McDaniels to the line after the foul on Hachimura and he hits both FTs. 

Reaves pulls the trigger from the wing and drills the three ball!

Knecht pulls up and start the 4th off with a short bucket in the paint. 

WE ARE HEADING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER FROM MINNESOTA!!!

LA LEAD BY 11 WITH 12 MINUTES TO GO.

Hyland starting to heat up, he hits another three ball to cut the lead to 11. 

Reaves into the lane and he gets the short push shot to go. 

Hyland spots up from the top of the key and drills the three ball!

McDaniels drills a three ball from the corner off the dish from Hyland. 

Dillingham jets to the iron and gets the lay up to fall. 

Smith Jr. stretches the lead to 20 with a three ball out of the break. 

LaRavia drills the three ball from the top of the key and the lead has ballooned up to 17. He's got 24 points tonight!

Timeout Wolves with 2:20 to go in the 3rd quarter. 

Smith Jr. to the line after the foul on DiVencenzo and he hits one of two. 

Smith into the lane and he floats it up and in in traffic with the foul on Dillingham. FT is good. 

LaRavia with a strong drive and lays up out of the break. 

McDaniels in space on the break and he missed the lay up but followed it up and put it back. 

Timeout Lakers with 4:13 to go in the 3rd quarter. 

McDaniels gets the short jumper to fall in the lane. 

Dillingham falling away on the baseline and he banks it in off the glass. 

Reaves running the break and he finds Knecht on the alley oop and that's 14 assists for Reaves. 

Ayton to the line after the foul on Reid. 

Dillingham drives and lays it up around Reaves in the paint. 

LaRavia to the line after the foul on Dillingham and he hits one of two FTs. 

After review the refs overturn the call, so the basket counts and he goes to the line where he misses the FT. 

Randle hit the leaner from outside the lane, but he was called for an offensive foul. MIN want to challenge the call.

Quick trigger three from LaRavia and he drills it! That's 18 for LaRavia!

Reaves finds LaRavia who hits the step back in the lane. 

LaRavia hits the FT after the timeout. 

Lob pass from Reaves from half court and LaRavia gets the off balanced lay up to go at the rim and the foul. He'll be at the line after the timeout with 8:12 to go in the 3rd quarter. 

Hachimura on the step back and hits it from the top of the key

McDaniels to the line where he hits both FTs after the foul on LaRavia.

Side dribble from Ayton and he hits he lander in the paint. 

Long pass up to Hachimura who shields off the defender and lays it up and in. 

Conley down the lane and he sinks the floater

Vandebilt with the offensive board and the kick out to LaRavia for three on the wing. 

Randle starts off where he left off with a three ball from the top of they key.

WE ARE BACK IN MINNESOTA FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION.

Randle leads all scorers with 22 points on 7/12 shooting and he's hit three of his five threes. 

Vanderbilt found Hayes for the jam as the Lakers started to get some momentum in the second quarter. Reaves has 18, Ayton has 12 and Knecht has 11 off the bench. 

McDaniels has 12 points and he is the minutes leader for the Wolves with 21 in the first half.

It was the Wolves getting out ahead early in the first quarter thanks to 13 first quarter points from Julius Randle. 

WE ARE HEADING TO HALFTIME FROM MINNESOTA!!!

Reaves beats the buzzer with a one footed floater in the lane to end the half. 

Ayton on the hook shot down low off the steal from Reaves on the other end. 

Reaves gets the off balance runner to fall and the foul on Shannon! FT is good to complete the three point play. 

Randle takes Ayton off the dribble and he hits the fade away in the lane. 

Ayton follows his own miss and puts it back in from down low .

Conley with the steal on one end and finds Randle on the break for the finger roll. 

Randle drops the FT after the break to put the Wolves back up on top. 

Randle off the dribble, gets the whistle and gets the bucket to go on the baseline. FT after the break with 2:39 to go in the 2nd quarter. 

Reaves feeds Knecht and he strokes the short pull up from inside the lane. 

Reaves on the step back from the wing and he drops the triple. 

Randle to the line after the foul on Ayton and he hits both FTs. 

LaRavia running the break and he got it back from Smith Jr. finishing it off with a finger roll down the lane. 

Ayton with another fader in the paint over Gobert. 

TIMEOUT WOLVES WITH 6:36 TO GO IN THE 2ND QUARTER. 

Nice move from Hachimura to get to the line and he lays it up and in. 

Gobert down low and he lays it up gently with two hands. 

McDaniels slashes to the cup and lays it up and in. 

Hachimura from inside the paint and he gets it to go. 

McDaneils into the lane and he floats it up and in. 

Reaves shields off Gobert and loops one up and in from a tight angle. 

Ayton pulls up from in the lane and he's off to a nice start to this game. 

Gobert with the offensive board and slam on the put back. 

Dillingham strokes the mid range jumper from outside the lane.

Dillingham tosses it up and Gobert throws it down on the alley oop. 

Hayes throws dowon the two handed jam off the slip pass from Vandebilt. 

Knecht leans to the bucket and hits the bucket and gets the foul. FT is no good after the foul on Gobert. 

Reid starts the quarter with a three ball from the top of the key. 

WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER FROM THE TARGET CENTER. 

Randle had 13 to start the night while Reaves has 8 and Knecht has 7 off the bench. 

MINN lead 32-34 heading into the 2nd quarter. 

Reaves to the line after the foul on Shannon Jr. and he drops both FTs. 

Reaves pulls up and sinks the mid range jumper from outside the lane. 

Hyland with the offensive board and slip pass to Reid for the lay up down low. 

Knecht drops the deep three ball with a hand in his face. 

Hayes with the dump off to Vanderbilt who throws it down with both hands. 

Hyland streaks down the lane and lays it up off the glass. 

Randle strokes the three from the top of the key after being dared to shoot. 

Randle to the line after the foul on Hayes and he hits both FTs. 

Timeout Lakers with under 3:00 to go in the 1st quarter. 

Vanderbilt to the line and he hits one of two FTs after rthe foul on Randle. 

Knecht pulls up and hits the short jumper from inside the paint.

Ayton with the fade away hook shot in the lane over a couple of defenders. 

Reaves to the line after DiVecenzo's second foul and he hits both FTs. 

Dillingham draws the defense and kicks out to McDaniels who threads a corner three. 

Reaves to the line after the foul on McDaniels and he hits both FTs. 

DiVencenzo spots up from the wing and drills the three. 

Knecht wit the slash to the cup and Reaves found him for the two handed hammer. 

Hachimura to the line after the foul on DiVincenzo and he hits both FTs. 

Timeout Wolves five minutes into the first quarter. 

LaRavia lost the ball, and Randle looks up and finds Donte DiVencenzo who conneted with McDaniels on the transition lay up and the foul. 

FT is good after the foul on LaRavia. 

DiVencenzo on the step back and he sinks the long ball off the dish from Gobert. 

Randle drills the three ball in the corner and he's got a couple of those already. 

LaRavia with a deep two from the wing. 

Randle into the lane and floats it up and in to put the Wolves up top for the first time. 

Conley answers back with another three ball, his first bucket of the night.

LaRavia with the offensive board and kick out to Hachimura who drills the triple!

Randle from the wing and he drills the three to open his account. 

Reaves looks down low for Ayton who hits the short jumper around the win. 

McDaniels gets into the lane and hits the mid range jumper 

LaRavia drills the three pointer on the wing off the dish from Reeves!

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM THE TARGET CENTER!!!

Western Conference Standings

Taking a look at the early season standings in the Western Conference we see one thing is very clear. The defending champions are back to being a powerhouse, starting the year with a perfect 5-0 record. It’s a little too early in the season to start talking about playoff position, but the Lakers and Wolves would fall in Play-In position with their 7th and 8th place positions. Above them sit the Spurs who are looking terrific, the Warriors, Nuggets, Jazz and Clippers. The Rockets are supposed to be a team on the rise, but they have started the season 1-2. 

NBA Cup is set

The NBA came out with first look at this year’s Emirates Cup. The 30 teams around the league have been put in six groups consisting of five teams a piece. The tournament begins on October 31st with some heavy hitting rivalries around the groups. The Lakers and Mavs will meet in Western Conference’s Group B while the Nuggets and Warriors will see each other in Group C and the Heat and Knicks will clash in Group C of the Eastern Conference. 

Edwards out with a bad hammy 

The Wolves have fewer injuries coming into tonight, but the one player that will no doubt have to miss this game is the one player they need on the floor each and every night. Antony Edwards suffered a hamstring injury against the Pacers last week, and he is set to miss at least two weeks according to the sources in Minnesota. That means it’s going to be up to the rest to the team to carry the load for the next few games. 

Lakers injury problems 

The Lakers have already been struck with an injury bug. LeBron James has yet to play a game this season, and will most likely not play until the middle of next month according to team doctors. His sciatica has been bothering him since the preseason and now the Lakers will have to try and keep their heads above water without him and Luka Doncic who was ruled out of the Kings game last week, and is set to miss tonight’s game as well. He has what’s being called a leg and finger injuries but they aren’t considered to be serious. Aside from Luka and LeBron, the Lakers will be without Gabe Vincent and Maxi Kleber. 

T’Wolves star watch

Without Anthony Edwards, the brunt of the burden on the offensive end is going to fall on Julius Randle. The former Knick is averaging 25 ppg, 6.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists. It’s his second season with the Wolves and he knows that if this team is going to take it to the next level, he’s going to have to be a big part of the puzzle. It’s never ideal to be without your star player, but Randle could use this time to establish himself as that copilot that will drive this team to a deep playoff run. 

Lakers star watch

With LeBron and Luka sidelined with injury, it’s going to come down to one man to carry the load for LA. Last year, Austin Reeves showed he can put on a show even when two of the greatest players in the league aren’t on the floor. This year he has been thrust into that situation again, and what has he done? He’s scored a career high 51 two games ago against the Sacramento Kings and last game he put up 41 to help keep the Lakers in the game until late. This is his time to shine, but the Wolves know that too. Will they be able to slow down one of the hottest players in the game? 

Timberwolves last game 

Minnesota hosted Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Monday night and it was Jamal Murray who stole the show in the first full game that the T’Wolves had to play without Anthony Edwards. Jayden McDaniels led the Wolves with 25 points, and the home team led at the half but Murray caught fire in the 3rd quarter, scoring 23 of his 43 points in the 3rd and Joker registered a triple double as the Nuggets held off the Wolves in the 127-114 win. 

Lakers last game 

The Lakers hosted the Portland Trail Blazers from the Crypto.com Arena without Luka Doncic or LeBron James and it was once again up to Austin Reeves to carry the load. He kept the Lakers in the game for the first couple quarters but eventually the Blazers pulled away as Denny Avdija led the way for Portland with 25 points. Portland’s defense forced LA into 25 turnovers and held the Lakers to 25% from three point range as the Lakers got handed their second loss of the season. 

We are live from Target Center  

Hello everyone and welcome to Minnesota where the Timberwolves are back home ready to take on the Los Angeles Lakers, but early season injuries are already taking their toll on both of these teams. Luka Doncic and LeBron James are out for LA while Anthony Edwards will be out for the home side. It’s been a slow start to the season for both of these teams who will be looking to turn things around with a win tonight from the Target Center. 

Lakers vs. Timberwolves live 

It’s a battle of heavyweights in the Western Conference, but tonight’s match might be more about who is out of the game rather than who is playing. It would usually be a star studded match up between two teams lead by one of the biggest names in the league, but tonight the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves will have to make do without their top players. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from the Target Center.