The production from McDaniels was necessary as LeBron James tried his best to put the team on his back with Doncic battling a stomach bug. After looking every bit of 40 years old earlier in the series, James poured in 38 points with relative ease like he was still in his prime.

It was tied 103-103 with 4:37 left in Game 3, but the Lakers had two of the best clutch players the league has ever seen on the floor in LeBron James and Luka Doncic. The Timberwolves had Anthony Edwards,

Jaden McDaniels was the standout player for the Minnesota Timberwolves, even battling it out against LeBron James blow-for-blow, but it was Jaden who won.