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Posted on January 16, 2015 at 11:49 AM.

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LOS ANGELES - This year's season opener went according to plan for the Lakers as they beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 102-87. Although he's now 37 years old and regressing, Kobe Bryant showed everyone he isn't done yet. Bryant led all scorers with 36 points and did so on an excellent 15-22 shooting, including 5-6 from deep. Goran Dragic gave Kobe help all night as he tallied a double-double with 16 points along with 10 assists.

This game was close early in the first quarter, but after Khris Middleton hit a last-second three to end the quarter, it was all Lakers. The scoreboard shows the Lakers won by 15, but it felt like even more than that, as this one was never in question.

Low-post offense continues to be an area of concern for Los Angeles as their starting front-court of Julius Randle and Ed Davis combined for just 9 points. Bench scoring does not look like it'll be an issue this year. Nick Young once again proved he's a valuable sixth man as he dropped 12 points off the bench. Newcomer Khris Middleton added 12 points of his own as those two look like they will carry the second unit all year.

Minnesota Timberwolves (1-1) at Los Angeles Lakers (1-0)

Oct 29, 2015	1	2	3	4	Final
Minnesota	24	22	22	19	87
Los Angeles	30	27	21	24	102

Top Performers

Minnesota Timberwolves

Nikola Pekovic - 12 pts, 10 reb

Thaddeus Young - 15 pts

Los Angeles Lakers

Kobe Bryant - 36 pts, 3 reb

Goran Dragic - 16 pts, 10 ast, 6 reb

Team Stats Comparison
	MIN	LAL
FG Made-Att	36-71	41-74
3PT Made-Att	5-15	12-19
FT Made-Att	10-15	8-13
Rebounds	37	37
Assists	18	23
Turnovers	5	4
Steals	4	4
Blocks	2	2

Minnesota Timberwolves
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ricky Rubio	35	3-6	0-2	2-2	1	4	2	0	1	8
Kevin Martin	33	5-10	1-5	0-0	1	3	1	0	0	11
Andrew Wiggins	36	3-9	0-1	6-6	4	1	0	0	2	12
Thaddeus Young	31	6-10	3-3	0-0	2	2	0	1	0	15
Nikola Pekovic	28	6-9	0-0	0-0	10	3	0	0	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gorgui Dieng	21	4-6	0-0	2-5	8	1	0	1	0	10
Zach LaVine	17	3-8	1-4	0-2	1	2	0	0	0	7
Anthony Bennett	13	1-6	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	1	2
Shabazz Muhammad	13	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Karl-Anthony Towns	12	4-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	8

Los Angeles Lakers
STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	36	6-16	1-3	3-5	6	10	1	0	2	16
Kobe Bryant	36	15-22	5-6	1-2	3	1	1	0	0	36
Tobias Harris	36	6-13	1-3	0-0	6	2	0	0	0	13
Julius Randle	35	1-3	0-0	0-0	6	1	0	0	0	2
Ed Davis	35	2-4	0-0	3-3	9	0	0	1	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Nick Young	13	5-7	2-2	0-1	0	3	0	1	1	12
Khris Middleton	13	4-6	3-4	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	12
Montrezl Harrell	12	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	4
Mo Williams	12	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	0
Ryan Kelly	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	0