Rudi Jubart won his highest professional levels in the qualifiers with 27 points and 24 rebounds, Julius Randel added 23 points, and Minnesota Timberolves advanced in the American Professional League qualifiers by winning 103-96 over Los Angeles Lakers in the game 5 of the first round series on Wednesday night.
Anthony Edwards got 15 points and 11 rebounds for the sixth seeded wolves, who won three consecutive games to get rid of Liberation James and Luka Densic from the first post.
After winning a decisive tour in consecutive seasons for the first time in the history of the concession, the next Minnesota faces the winner of the Houston series with Golden Stayet. Rockkets avoided exclusion on Wednesday, and Game 6 on Friday with the leadership of Warriors 3-2.
Densic got 28 points and nine decisive passes, while James added 22 points for the Lakers, who lost in the first round in the second season in a row despite the re -formation of their list in the middle of the season with their seismic trade to Dunchic.
Rui Hachimura scored 23 points for Lakers, who applied from the opening round only once in five seasons since the 2020 championship in the Florida bubble.
With Goepert Amok operating in The Paint while Lakers played deliberately without a center, Minnesota won game 5 although it will go to 47 in three -point attempts, including 17 consecutive mistakes between mid -quarter and Mike Conley’s Dagger 3 with 1:22 to play.
After dividing the first two games in Los Angeles, the wolves acquired the series in the successive narrow home victories with superior implementation in the late game.
Jobert climbed when Lakers published the small ball squad for the game 5, as the French center scored more points than managed it in the first four games in the series combined.
Minnesota sponsored tight progress at the bottom, and the Lakers team lost five consecutive shots while going 3 1/2 minutes between points.
After playing the entire second half of the game 4 with five players, the Lakers team changed the starting lineup for the Game 5, while maintaining the stubborn wing Dorian Feni Smith at the place of Jackson Hayes.
Lakers coach Ji Redk defended his decision to avoid alternatives this week, until he reacted to test him when a reporter asked him about his decision before match 5.
Minnesota jumped to 14 points in the first quarter, but Lakers gathered before Densic went to the treasury room one minute before he fell on his knees embarrassingly due to a severe error of Donte Devinso. Densic returned to the court moments before the start of the third quarter, wearing a large pillar of the lower back he ignored to continue playing.
The shooting of the terrible wolves soon remained, and Lakers took his first progress when Densic led a later gathering of third place.
James turned to the Lakers seat during the fourth quarter after he fell strongly on his heavy ankle, but he returned with some property at a later time.
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