For the entire game, the Lakers did not play with a traditional center on the floor. Jaxon Hayes, who started in each of L.A.'s first four playoff games against the Wolves, didn't see a single second of playing time in Game 5.

Today is Billy Owens’ 56th birthday. The former Syracuse Orange star played 10 years in the NBA and was traded eight different times. In the summer of 1999, he was traded for Horace Grant in June and then traded for his twin brother, Harvey Grant, in August.

Moments after a 103-96 Game 5, season-ending loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James had advice for Timberwolves All-Star Anthony Edwards. The Lakers made franchise history as a three seed,