Timberwolves open the preseason with a 124-107 win over the Lakers

PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA — Josh Minott scored 22 points on 9-for-11 shooting, Rob Dillingham added 21 points in his pro debut and the Timberwolves opened their preseason with a 124-107 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

Luka Garza scored 20 points on 7-for-13 shooting for the Wolves, who were without Anthony Edwards or newcomers Julius Randle and Keita Bates-Diop. The third player they signed from the Knicks in this week's Karl-Anthony Towns trade, Donte DiVincenzo, played 10 minutes, made all three of his three-point attempts and scored 11 points.

Minott went 4-6 from three-point range in a team-high 29 minutes while the Wolves made 15 of 37 three-point attempts. First-round picks Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr. also both played more than 24 minutes. Shannon scored 14 points.

It was also the first preseason game for Lakers rookie Bronny James, the 19-year-old son of LeBron James, who was sidelined along with his compatriot Anthony Davis. The two went to midfield just before the game began to greet Edwards, her Olympic teammate on the U.S. team that won the gold medal in Paris over the summer.

The game was played at Acrisure Arena, the 22-month-old home of the American Hockey League's Coachella Valley Firebirds, about 120 miles east of Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. It was also the first game for JJ Redick, the former NBA player and television analyst who was hired by the Lakers to replace Darvin Ham as coach.