Lebron James and Luka Dončić on the edge of the excretion when Los Angeles Lakers game 4 against Minnesota Timberwolves lose

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The Los Angeles Lakers are now only a game from the playoff elimination after the Minnesota Timberwolves were repelled by a 12-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to achieve a victory at home with 116: 113 in game 4.

Minnesotas comeback was powered by Anthony Edwards with a superstar appearance, who scored 16 of his 43 points in the fourth quarter of his fourth quarter and was able to exceed LeBron James and Luka Dončić physically and mentally.

Edwards was everywhere on Sunday evening and did everything; The security guard met five three points, regularly reached the free sausage line, exhibited with templates and defended himself with an immense physicality, especially against James.

The 23-year-old, who settled the defending champion Denver Nuggets and MVP Nikola Jokić last year last year, ended the night with 43 points, nine rebounds, six assists and a block when the Timberwolves now achieved a 3-1 lead in Los Angeles.

Julius Randle was Edwards’ main source of support and ended with 25 points, seven rebounds, three assists and theft.

The head coach of Lakers, JJ Redick, decided to play the same five players to play james, Dončić, Austin Reaves, Dorian Finney-Smith and Rui Hachimura for the entire second half, which was used for the first time when a team used only five players in half of the playoff game in 1996-97 Uthayakumar.

Edwards said that he made it.

“I felt that they were gassed,” said the Timberwolves star per ESPN. “So just try to keep my foot in the pedal and continue.”

Redick said that it was “not a planned thing” to roll the entire second half with the same five players.

“I asked her at the beginning of the fourth quarter and told you that we had two additional time overruns if you need a sub,” said Redick. “These boys gave a lot.”

After the game, Dončić said that “tiredness should not play a role” in defeat, but the Slovenian scored only seven points in the fourth quarter, while James was goalless in the last 12 minutes at 0-von-2 shootings.

The Lakers felt annoyed by a few decisions, and Dončić had to call a break after falling to the ground under the defense pressure of Jaden McDaniels. Dončić and Redick said they thought he had stumbled.

To make things worse, James gave an inbounds pass to Dončić to turn the ball forward with only 33 seconds.

Then the challenge of a successful coach of Chris Finch, with only 10 seconds, led to the civil servants on the edge of Edwards to a foul against James and free throws for Edwards.

Dončić ended the Lakers with a team high of 38 points, while James had 27 points, 12 rebounds, eight templates, three steals and three blocks. Rui Hachimura added 23 points.

Game 5 takes place on Wednesday at 10 p.m. et in the Crypto.com arena.

The post-season problems of the Milwaukee Bucks continued when the team suffered a domestic defeat of 129-103 against the Indiana Pacers and Damian Lillard lost with injuries.

Lillard went down with no one around him in the middle of the first quarter when he tried to reach a loose ball and immediately held his Achilles area.

Buck’s head coach Doc Rivers said the situation was “not very promising”.

The Pacers now lead the series 3-1 when the teams return to Indianapolis and have the chance to remove the goats for the second season in a row.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, 15 rebounds and six assists for the goats, and his only meaningful support came with 23 points from Kevin Porter Jr. and 14 from Bobby Portis from the bank.

“I saw injuries from Deflate teams, but he hurts tonight,” said Rivers according to Associated Press. “I thought our boys tried it, but it was hard.

“My job in the next 48 hours or whatever we have, it is to get ourselves upright, win a game in Indiana and bring it back here.”

Compared to another one-man display from Antetokounmpo, the Pacers were able to rely on the double figure from eight of their players.

Miles Turner ended with 23 points and Andrew Nembhard 20.