{"id":492510,"date":"2025-04-28T02:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=492510"},"modified":"2025-04-28T02:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:05:20","slug":"minnesota-push-lakers-on-the-verge-of-elimination-after-116-113-win-in-game-4","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/minnesota-push-lakers-on-the-verge-of-elimination-after-116-113-win-in-game-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota push Lakers on the verge of elimination after 116-113 win in Game 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Down by 12 points late in the third quarter, Minnesota stormed back for a thrilling 116\u2013113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night, seizing a commanding 3\u20131 lead in their first-round playoff series.<\/p>\n<p>Jaden McDaniels was the late-game hero, converting a three-point play with 39.5 seconds left to put the Wolves ahead, then immediately stealing the inbounds pass from LeBron James. From there, Anthony Edwards \u2014 who exploded for 43 points \u2014 drew a crucial foul on James and calmly sank both free throws with 10 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WOLVES BEAT LAKERS IN WILD ENDING TO TAKE 3-1 SERIES LEAD \ud83e\udd2f\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmMZO04ljB\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/hmMZO04ljB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1916623752617705748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Lakers still had a final chance, but after tight defense bottled up both James and Luka Doncic on the perimeter, the ball found Austin Reaves in the corner. His tying three-point attempt rimmed out, sending the Wolves and their crowd into celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Julius Randle chipped in 25 points and McDaniels added 16 points and 11 rebounds for Minnesota, who showed poise and toughness down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a hallmark of this team in the second half of the season: There\u2019s been no panic,\u201d said Wolves coach Chris Finch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Lakers used the same five players for the ENTIRE second half vs. Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>They are the first team to use the same five for an entire half in a playoff game since 1997-98 \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNbtp6MkQc\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eNbtp6MkQc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1916658571363639655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Doncic, battling back from a stomach bug that hampered him in Game 3, scored 38 points but struggled late, going just 1-for-6 in the fourth quarter. James posted 27 points and 12 rebounds for his 144th career playoff double-double, passing Wilt Chamberlain for third all-time, but he went scoreless in the final frame.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers now face a must-win Game 5 at home on Wednesday to keep their season alive.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TsVXJQdbbpg?si=k3S8k-Tjsg_c3zNn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down by 12 points late in the third quarter, Minnesota stormed back for a thrilling 116\u2013113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":492511,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16970,17159],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[21890,17644,17645,18115,18338],"acf":{"announce":"Los Angeles must win next clash to keep their season alive","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492512,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/492510\/revisions\/492512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492510"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=492510"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=492510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}