All Ball Sports: Lakers blame game; Clippers collapse

by Paul TeetorWell, that didn’t take long.On Wednesday night the Minnesota Timberwolves put the Lakers out of their self-induced misery, pounding in the final nail of a 4-1 near sweep of the best-of-seven first round series.There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth throughout LA, and indeed across the sporting world. To make it even worse, the 103-96 loss took place at the Crypt, where all the usual semi-famous celebs and affluent, Tesla-driving LA fans could witness the Lakers