Overview
- The Lakers edged Minnesota 116-115 at Target Center on Reaves’ last-second floater, improving to 3-2.
- Reaves finished with 28 points and a career-high 16 assists, while Jake LaRavia added 27 and Deandre Ayton posted 17 points and 10 rebounds.
- Los Angeles surrendered a 20-point lead before closing it out, as Minnesota rallied behind Jaden McDaniels and Julius Randle.
- Jaxson Hayes returned from left patellar tendinopathy; Marcus Smart remained out with a right quad contusion, and Anthony Edwards missed the game for Minnesota with a hamstring strain.
- Redick said Dončić (finger sprain, leg contusion) is expected back in the next couple of games and reiterated that James (sciatica) is tracking for a mid-November return; the Lakers visit Memphis on Friday.