Luka Doncic has been through the season from hell, getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers at the trade deadline and now flaming out

Despite going 50-32 in the regular season and earning the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, the Lakers were no match for Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves. A lot of that started with the defensive struggles Los Angeles was having all series long.

LOS ANGELES — Rudy Gobert had playoff career highs with 27 points and 24 rebounds, Julius Randle added 23 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves advanced in the NBA playoffs with a 103-96 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 5 of their first-round series Wednesday night.