Watch Los Angeles Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves: TV channel, live stream info, start time

How to watch Lakers vs. Timberwolves basketball game

By Scout Staff

Apr 11, 2023 at 6:00 pm ET • 1 min read

Who's Playing

Minnesota Timberwolves @ Los Angeles Lakers

Current Records: Minnesota 0-0; Los Angeles 0-0

How To Watch

When: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10 p.m. ET
Where: Crypto.com Arena -- Los Angeles, California
TV: TNT
Follow: CBS Sports App

What to Know

The Lakers and the Timberwolves are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. Having advanced to the postseason, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves will clash in the #7 vs #8 play in game at 10:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. The pair come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Sunday, Los Angeles earned a 128-117 win over Utah. The win made it back-to-back wins for the Lakers. LeBron James went supernova for the Lakers, going 8 for 14 from beyond the arc en route to 36 points and 6 assists.

It should come as no surprise, then, that the Lakers were really slinging it from downtown and finished the game with an excellent 18 three-pointers. That's a recent trend for them: they were averaging 10.6 three-pointers per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've bumped it up to 13.8.

Meanwhile, the Timberwolves extended their game-winning streak to three on Sunday. They snuck past New Orleans with a 113-108 win. The Timberwolves were down 61-47 with 10:50 left in the third quarter but they still came back for a handy five-point win.

The victory rounded the Lakers' final season record out to 43-39, while the Timberwolves' victory brought theirs to 42-40. The winner of Tuesday's game will clinch the 7th seed in the Western conference, while the loser will get one more chance to make the playoffs on Friday.