Lakers will match up against Minnesota Timberwolves in first-round playoff series

PORTLAND, Ore. — After walking off the court at Moda Center following Sunday’s regular-season finale defeat to the Portland Trail Blazers, the Lakers coaching staff, training staff and players who made the trip gathered around various parts of the visitor’s locker room to watch the ending of Clippers at Golden State Warriors.
With the Lakers as the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference entering the playoffs, they awaited the result of Clippers-Warriors to see who’d be the