The Lakers suffer through another slow start, then whittle a 25-point deficit to four before the hosts regain control to hand them their 16th loss in the past 21 games.
MINNEAPOLIS — The history dates back well before this chapter. Since Patrick Beverley took a dive into Russell Westbrook’s leg in 2013, the two have been at each other’s throats.
As he ran back on defense, he shouted at the Lakers’ bench: “He’s trash! Trash!” And if that wasn’t enough emphasis, he pinched his own nose. “I’ve been in this league long enough to realize that this is a front-runnin’ league,” Wayne Ellington said. “When you’re up, everything is going great. When you’re down, they’ll kick you.A familiar pattern unfolded in Minnesota: The Lakers fell behind early, unable to hit as much as a shot from beyond the arc and crumbling into chaos on the defensive end.
But it was, also again, a team failure. In the first half alone, Ellington was the only Laker to hit a 3-pointer; the rest of the team started 0 for 17 from behind the arc.
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