Luka Doncic says the Lakers are feeling confident as Game 5 versus the Timberwolves approaches, even though they're facing elimination.

The Los Angeles Lakers and superstars Luka Doncic and LeBron James are on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs. Heading into Game 5 on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, they face a must-win scenario,

That's really come into focus in the last two days, since Redick made the decision in Game 4 in Minnesota to play all five players in his lineup for the entire 24 minutes of the second half, including 40-year-old LeBron James and guard Luka Doncic, who was still recovering from a nasty stomach virus.

The Los Angeles Lakers' season will be on the line in Game 5 of their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday, and head coach JJ Redick was in no mood to talk about his substitution patterns during a pregame press conference.

Questions about how he handle the second half of Game 4 appear to be a sore spot for Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick. The first-year coach walked out of a news conference Wednesday ahead of Game 5 Minnesota Timberwolves after a reporter questioned his team's lack of substitutions on Sunday,

Ever since their tragic passing, Hall of Fame Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna have been commemorated in murals all across, not just greater Los Angeles, but the world at large.

Luka Dončić has stepped up to pay the entire expected cost of restoring a vandalized mural depicting Kobe and Gigi Bryant in downtown Los Angeles.