{"id":41652,"date":"2025-04-19T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=41652"},"modified":"2025-04-19T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T15:40:05","slug":"la-lakers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves-injury-report-april-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/la-lakers-vs-minnesota-timberwolves-injury-report-april-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Lakers vs Minnesota Timberwolves Injury Report April 19, 2025 \u2013 Major Updates on LeBron James and Maxi Kleber Ahead of West&#8217;s Highly Anticipated Playoff Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers (No. 3) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (No. 6) will lock horns in the opener of the highly anticipated playoff series in the Western Conference. It would be a great matchup between Anthony Edwards and LeBron James. The Wolves star was <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/goes-down-as-the-greatest-anthony-edwards-full-of-praise-for-lebron-ahead-of-the-playoffs-showdown\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>full of praise for James ahead of the playoff showdown<\/a>. The postseason matchup takes place at Crypto.com Arena and begins at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday.<\/p><p>The Lakers and the Timberwolves have played 12 games in the playoffs, with 8 wins for the Lakers and 4 for the Timberwolves. Both teams faced each other in the playoff series two times, and on both occasions, the Lakers won 4-2, including the 2004 West Finals. In the current season, both teams have won two games each in the season-series. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/indiana-pacers-vs-milwaukee-bucks-injury-report-april-19-2025\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Indiana Pacers vs. Milwaukee Bucks Injury Report April 19, 2025 &ndash; Major Updates on Damian Lillard and Ben Sheppard Ahead of NBA Playoff Opener<\/a><\/p><p>Lakers are one of the dominant sides in the playoffs, and since Luka Doncic&rsquo;s trade, they have become a frontrunner to play the NBA Finals. On the flip side, the Wolves will appear in their fourth straight playoffs, but they have never been to the NBA Finals. Last season, they lost to the Mavs in the conference finals, and it was their best postseason performance since 2004. <\/p><p>Ahead of the crucial Game 1 between the Lakers and the Wolves, let&rsquo;s quickly go through their injury report. <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakers vs. Timberwolves Injury Report<\/h2><p><strong>Time<\/strong>: Saturday, Apr. 19 | 8:30 p.m. ET<br><strong>Venue<\/strong>: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles <br><strong>Local TV<\/strong>: ABC |&nbsp;<strong>Live Stream<\/strong>: fubo<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los Angeles Lakers Injury Report<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LeBron James: Probable <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maxi Kleber: Out <\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The Lakers have a clean injury report for Saturday&rsquo;s home matchup. LeBron James has been listed as probable and will enter his 288th playoff game of his NBA career. The veteran guard tweaked his hip flexor in his final game of the regular season against the Rockets, but made a quick recovery during the last week. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lakers&rsquo; injury report for Game 1 vs. Minnesota: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tWcTr0om5u\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/tWcTr0om5u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jovanbuha\/status\/1913376241945817542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Maxi Kleber is going through a recovery process after right foot surgery. He will be sidelined for the Lakers on Saturday but will be back later in the postseason. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-analyst-believes-that-luka-doncic-will-torch-the-timberwolves-in-the-first-round-of-the-playoffs\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA Analyst Believes That Luka Doncic Will Torch the Timberwolves in the First Round of the Playoffs!<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minnesota Timberwolves Injury Report<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>None <\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The Minnesota Timberwolves have a healthy roster ahead of the crucial playoff matchup against the Lakers. None of the Wolves players are on the injury report, and they will go with the same lineup that featured against the Jazz in the regular season finale. <\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Brad Rempel-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James will enter his 288th playoff game of his NBA career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":41718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,19,318],"class_list":["post-41652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-lebron-james","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-minnesota-timberwolves"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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