A pair of teams intent on finding more from their early-season game plans meet Friday when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Los Angeles Lakers in the second game for both.

The matchup revisits last season's first-round playoff series when the No. 6-seeded Timberwolves advanced in five games over the third-seeded Lakers.

While Los Angeles was upended 119-109 by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Minnesota won its season opener Wednesday on the road against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Timberwolves' 118-114 victory came from a team that advanced to the Western Conference finals last season against a team that finished outside of the play-in tournament in the West.

Wolves star Anthony Edwards did his part with 41 points and seven rebounds. He went 14 of 28 from the floor and his

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