Wolves gameday: COVID-19 hits Lakers, leaving them four players short
Los Angeles guard Austin Reaves is the latest to be sidelined by the coronavirus.
December 17, 2021 at 6:51AM
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Lakers update: G Russell Westbrook and G Avery Bradley entered COVID protocols Thursday, joining G Talen Horton-Tucker and C Dwight Howard, who are are out because of positive COVID-19 tests. Westbrook was back on Friday, though, but G Austin Reaves went into protocols. ... The Lakers are 16-13 after a win in Dallas on Wednesday where ex-Wolves G Wayne Ellington sent the game into OT with a three-pointer at the end of regulation and Reaves hit a winning three in OT. ... F LeBron James is the Lakers' leading scorer at 26.1 points and C Anthony Davis averages a team-high 10.2 rebounds.
Timberwolves update: Anthony Edwards and Taurean Prince went into COVID-19 protocols Friday and will miss the game. ... The Wolves are 13-15, ninth best in the Western Conference, after a feel-good victory at Denver on Wednesday where Edwards had a franchise record 10 threes on his way to 38 points and C Karl-Anthony Towns passed the 10,000 mark for his career. ... Towns leads the team in scoring (24.3) and rebounding (9.0).
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