Minnesota roared back from the dead to take a one-point lead in the final 10 seconds of last Wednesday's bout with the Lakers thanks to a 14-2 run in the game’s closing minutes.

In the end, it was all for naught. On the game’s final possession, Los Angeles guard Austin Reaves split Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert, got into the paint and dropped in a floater that silenced Target Center once and for all as the Lakers went home with a 116-115 victory.

“We should never have put ourselves in that position,” Wolves forward Julius Randle said.

Minnesota lost its second-straight game, both of which it played without Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Clark. But the Lakers dressed only nine healthy bodies, and Luke Doncic or LeBron James were not among them. Reaves was the team’s only legitimate on-ball

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