Kentavious Caldwell-Pope of the Los Angeles Lakers sets a pick as teammate LeBron James dribbles past during the first quarter of the game on February 16, 2021 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hannah Foslien/Getty Images/AFP
LeBron James totaled 30 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 112-104 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Lakers, one of the NBA’s best road teams this season, won for the 13th time in 16 games away from L.A. and prevailed for the eighth time in their past nine games overall.
LeBron puts up 30 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST and the @Lakers move to 22-7 on the season! #LakeShow pic.twitter.com/j19hwXUd0f
— NBA (@NBA) February 17, 2021
They played without Anthony Davis, who is expected to miss multiple weeks after straining his right Achilles tendon Sunday at Denver.
Montrezl Harrell was clutch off the Lakers’ bench with 17 points and six rebounds and Marc Gasol (11 points) helped limit Karl-Anthony Towns to only 15 points and six rebounds.
Dennis Schroder added 24 points for the Lakers while rookie Anthony Edwards led the Timberwolves with 28 points.