The Minnesota Timberwolves were back in action on Thursday night, hosting Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers in front of a raucous, sell-out crowd at Target Center eager to wash the taste of a frustrating loss in Philadelphia out of their mouths ahead of the holiday weekend.
With both teams playing on the second night of a back-to-back, someone was bound to sit out on either side. Unfortunately for those who paid record-high prices for a regular season game in Downtown Minneapolis, Lakers star LeBron James was ruled out with peroneal tendinopathy in his left ankle — a fancy way of saying ‘rest’ so L.