After an opening night loss to the Clippers, the Lakers got back on track with a blowout win over the Mavericks on Christmas. It was the type of offensive showing this team is capable of, casually dropping 138 points on an array of long range shooting, paint attacks, and offensive rebounding to bludgeon them. Tonight, against the Timberwolves, the hope is that they can continue that same approach…
In getting to the X’s and O’s of this matchup, a player to watch tonight is Marc Gasol. He’s not played well to start the season, finding himself out of sorts defensively and not as much of an initiator offensively.