LeBron James and the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Lakers have their backs against the wall with a 3-1 deficit to the No. 6 seed Minnesota Timberwolves in their first-round playoff series. The Lakers had a chance to tie the series up at 2-2 in a Game 4 matchup at Minneapolis' Target Center,

The Minnesota Timberwolves have earned three chances to close out their first-found Western Conference playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers and will take the floor for the first of those on Wednesday night in Los Angeles for Game 5.

The Los Angeles Lakers fell 116–113 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday—bringing the teams' first-round playoff series to 3–1, Wolves—but things could have been different had it not been for a successful late-game challenge from Minnesota.