The Los Angeles Lakers continue their road trip against the Minnesota Timberwolves although Anthony Davis is out with back soreness.
Anthony Edwards continues his ascension as one of the best young guards in the league. He did, however, in the final game of the preseason before suffering the hamstring injury. Jones has played just 8.3 minutes per game in three games but with Rudy Gobert and Karl Anthony-Towns in the frontcourt, itโs logical for Darvin Ham to go big. On the other hand, Russell Westbrook is playing despite missing the last game with a hamstring injury. However, as usual, a bigger story of the night surrounds the Lakersโ injuries as Anthony Davis has been ruled out due to low back tightness. has not started 0-5 in a season since the 2014, Kobe Bryantโs second to last year.
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They managed just 106 points in a loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday and are still figuring out how best to utilize Gobert and Towns in unison. [free NBA betting picks and predictions](https://www.covers.com/nba/picks) for [Lakers vs. Itโs still early, of course, but Los Angeles is on pace to finish with the worst shooting percentage since the 2014-15 Philadelphia 76ers, a team that produced just 18 wins. The total for this game opened at 227.5 and has since been bet up to 229.5 at most shops. Minnesota has also been far better at generating second-chance opportunities thanks to the length and activity of Russell has already scored 20 points or more in three of his five games and is on pace to finish with the highest effective field goal percentage of his eight-year career. Those strong performances resulted in a pair of wins for the Wolves. DLo is averaging 17.1 points per game this season, and that number would be considerably higher were it not for a quiet outing against the Thunder in which he logged just 25 minutes and focused mainly on his facilitation. It was a similar story for Steph Curry, who had 33 points in 33 minutes and treated the Lakers' perimeter defenders as if they were little more than traffic cones. The Wolves are 3-2 on the season and are riding high after a convincing 12-point win over the surprisingly-pesky San Antonio Spurs. lost its fourth game of the season on Wednesday night, falling 110-99 on the road to the Denver Nuggets. Only nine teams in NBA history have begun the season 0-4 and still made the playoffs.