Lakers Final Injury Report And Starting Lineup Against The Timberwolves

The Los Angeles Lakers have finalized their injury report and starting lineup.

On Tuesday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers are hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves for the play-in tournament. 

For the game, they have finalized their injury report and starting lineup.

The Lakers have upgraded D'Angelo Russell, LeBron James and Anthony Davis to available. 

NBA's official injury report 

Their starting lineup has been relayed by Underdog NBA. 

Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Lakers will start Russell, Reaves, James, Vanderbilt, Davis on Tuesday."

Lineup alert: Lakers will start Russell, Reaves, James, Vanderbilt, Davis on Tuesday.

— Underdog NBA (@Underdog__NBA) April 12, 2023

In 2020, the Lakers won the NBA Championship over the Miami Heat, while last season, they went 33-49 and missed the postseason. 

That said, they have played very well over the last few months and will have a legitimate chance to get back to the NBA Finals in 2023.  

The Lakers finished the season with a 43-39 record which had them as the seventh seed. 

They went 8-2 over their final ten games and are 23-18 in the 41 games they have hosted on their home floor in Los Angeles, California. 

The winner of Tuesday's contest will be the seventh seed and face off with Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. 

As for the Timberwolves, they are the eighth seed with a 42-40 record. 

They finished the year on a three-game winning streak and 7-3 over their final ten games. 

On the road, the Timberwolves have gone 20-21 in the 41 games they have played away from the Target Center. 

Last year, they made the NBA Playoffs for the first time since the 2018 season (they lost to the Grizzlies in the first round). 

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