The Los Angeles Lakers are going back to LA in a 3-1 hole to the Minnesota Timberwolves and facing elimination going into a Wednesday Game 5 in their best-of-seven series.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have the Los Angeles Lakers on the brink of elimination in the 2025 NBA playoffs. The Timberwolves are up 3-1 in the best-of-seven first-round series after a thrilling Game 4 win on Sunday afternoon in Minnesota.

Referees missed the Los Angeles Lakers' Luka Doncic getting fouled with 33 seconds left in Game 4 of their playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the NBA said Monday. The Lakers were down 114-113 in Sunday's game when Doncic got tripped up — it appeared to be advertent — by Minnesota's Jaden McDaniels near midcourt.