LeBron James and the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Lakers have their backs against the wall with a 3-1 deficit to the No. 6 seed Minnesota Timberwolves in their first-round playoff series. The Lakers had a chance to tie the series up at 2-2 in a Game 4 matchup at Minneapolis' Target Center,

The Los Angeles Lakers fell 116–113 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday—bringing the teams' first-round playoff series to 3–1, Wolves—but things could have been different had it not been for a successful late-game challenge from Minnesota.

The Los Angeles Lakers are now just one game away from playoff elimination after the Minnesota Timberwolves fought back from a 12-point deficit at the end of the third quarter to take a 116-113 victory at home in Game 4.