We knew that Minnesota Timberwolves was going to suffer, and a lot, without Karl-Anthony Towns and have fallen against Los Angeles Lakers of an unstoppable LeBron James and Anthony Davis;
LeBron was perfect in the 38 minutes of play he played and finished the game with 29 points, 9 assists and 8 rebounds. Anthony Davis literally was completely unstoppable under the boards taking advantage of the absence of Towns and Rudy Gobert and finished the game with 27 points, 25 rebounds, 7 steals and 3 blocks. Almost nothing to the device. In addition, Austin Reaves scored 19 units and Rui Hachimura contributed 15.
For the Wolves, who despite the loss of their two starting inside players held on until the last quarter, the 25 points of Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid were of no use.
Thus, the Wolves fall to third place in the Eastern Conference entering the worst streak of the season after losing 5 of the last 10 games they have played. They will suffer a lot without Towns. The Lakers on the other hand are ninth and are still fighting at this stage of the season to enter the playoffs (although they have Suns, Kings and Mavs ahead of them).