The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime, 108-102, at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday night in their Western Conference Play-In Game.

The Lakers (43-39 in regular season, 1-0 in postseason) appeared to be overwhelmed on their home floor early, incurring a 60-49 deficit after the first two quarters. However, Los Angeles began making inroads against the Timberwolves (42-40 in regular season, 0-1 in postseason) in the third quarter, knocking four points from its deficit in the third quarter and then putting on a stellar defensive display to force overtime by limiting Minnesota to 12 points in the final period. The dominance continued in the extra period, as L.A. allowed just four points to win going away.

Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 24 points, adding 11 rebounds, five assists and three blocks. Mike Conley furnished 23 points, four boards, four assists, three steals and one block. Taurean Prince supplied 14 points, three rebounds and three steals. Kyle Anderson generated a 12-point, 13-assist double-double that included five rebounds, four steals and four blocks. Nickeil Alexander-Walker furnished 11 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal.

LeBron James led the Lakers with a 30-point, 10-rebound double-double that included six assists, two blocks and one steal. Anthony Davis contributed 24 points, 15 rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals. Dennis Schroder registered 21 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal. Austin Reaves posted 12 points, six boards and three assists. Rui Hachimura totaled 12 points as well while adding two rebounds and one assist.

The Timberwolves will now face either the Thunder or Pelicans at Target Center on Friday night to determine the No. 8 seed, while the Lakers have secured the No. 7 seed and will face the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum in Game 1 of a quarterfinal-round series on Sunday afternoon.