The Lakers are in Minnesota Friday for a critical matchup against the Timberwolves, with the seven-seed on the line for L.A. It's a great opportunity to climb further up the standings, but to also show that Wednesday's thrashing of Chicago, fueled by a killer starting lineup of LeBron James, Anthony Davis, D'Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves and Jarred Vanderbilt was no fluke. (Russell may also be entering this game with a little extra on his mind, this being the first game against the team that just traded him, much less in that city.)

But despite the first five crushing it, the second unit struggled in ways that cause concern, in part because there were too many minutes with just Dennis Schröder on the court as a ball-handling play-maker. While staggering Reaves, D'Lo and LeBron feels like a simple way of keeping two facilitators on the court at all times, it also raises the question of whether it would just be simpler to play Reaves off the bench again to lead a second unit that was recently a real strength. What are the pluses and minutes?

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Will D'Angelo Russell be looking for a revenge game in his first outing against the Timberwolves?

SEGMENT 2: Would it be simpler/cleaner to play Austin Reaves starter's minutes, but off the bench?

SEGMENT 3: More discussion about the rotation, and Malik Beasley's role in it.

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