Where will Giannis land next? Think he would look good in purple and gold…. https://t.co/8H2QNvr1qk— Trevor Lane (@Trevor_Lane) April 30, 2025

"[The Bucks] have no 1st round pick this year… They created financial flexibility when they traded Khris Middleton for Kyle Kuzma… I think the time has ended in Milwaukee with Giannis on this roster."Bobby Marks on the Bucks' future(via @ESPNNBA)pic.twitter.com/WYoJ87S2Xn— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) April 30, 2025

Options:

Finney-Smith – But he has not been shooting well
Kleber – Size, Rebounding, Shooting?
Knecht – Add some real scoring punch
Vanderbilt – Defense and rebounding?

I would like to see Kleber start and keep DFS coming off the bench. I’d also like to see minutes for Dalton Knecht in this game. We need to blow the Wolves out and set them up for Game 6.

FROM ABOVE ARTICLE:

Finney-Smith, along with the Lakers’ usual starters in James, Doncic, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura, started the third quarter on a 14-0 run and outscored Minnesota 36-23 in the period.

Doncic said Tuesday that those 12 minutes on the road is the script L.A. has to follow for 48 minutes in Game 5 on Wednesday.

“Just looking at the third quarter, how we played and how we shared the ball, the way we were flying around, it gives me confidence for next game,” Doncic said.

When asked if he would start Game 5 with the same five players he finished Game 4 with, Redick said: “TBD.”

Besides cutting Hayes’ minutes, Redick went away from his go-to reserves in Gabe Vincent, Jarred Vanderbilt and Jordan Goodwin on Sunday. This is after already tightening his rotation from the regular season to the playoffs by not playing Dalton Knecht in the Minnesota series after the rookie guard averaged 9.1 points in 19.2 minutes per game.

HERE ARE LAKERS STATS FOR 3RD Q OF GAME 4:This was best quarter by Lakers in this series. It's a great blueprint for what we need to do in the fourth quarters of these playoff games.Win today to stay alive. Main thing is build a big lead and prove you can hold it in the… https://t.co/szTEFI4Eft pic.twitter.com/jdxe7Qtzkh— LakerTom (@LakerTom) April 30, 2025

Lakers’ bold second-half lineup adjustment worked — until it didn’t. Now what? https://t.co/icEw1KZBk5— LakerTom (@LakerTom) April 30, 2025

Ride or die with the Lakers, no matter what! 💜💛 pic.twitter.com/CEFNRra1bl— Ryan Rueda (@iDude14) April 30, 2025

Only 13 teams in NBA history have comeback from down 3-1 to win the series 😭 pic.twitter.com/tDmSbsp7ar— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) April 29, 2025

My confidence level right now:Game 5: 100% Lakers win.Game 6: 65% Lakers win, 35% Lakers lose.Game 7: 100% Lakers win.🤝— Ryan Rueda (@iDude14) April 30, 2025

Game 5- Luka masterclass Game 6- magnet ball by DFS and Gabe Vincent Game 7- anything can happen @Klutch_23 can make 4 3s Let’s roll pic.twitter.com/LCshAWGavp— Kaden (@PlayoffKaden) April 30, 2025

It was a concern before the season and here we are…

Truth be told, we came close to losing Game 2 in the 4th but the difference was that MIN missed the wide open looks they’ve been hitting in the other 3 games. It’s a problem..