Lakers Host Timberwolves Case Study

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Lakers host Timberwolves, determined to prove the naysayers wrong The Los Angeles Lakers are back on the hard wood, Wednesday October 28th opening night of the 2015-2016 NBA Season, hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves. The initial storyline had this contest as a match up between the first pick in the 2015 NBA Draft Karl Anthony-Towns versus D’Angelo Russell the second pick however, that narrative was overshadowed by the stunning news of the passing of Timberwolves Head Coach Phil ‘Flip’ Saunders. Saunders, the T-wolves Head Coach, President of Basketball Operations and part owner of the team lost his battle to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on October 25th 2015. Saunders was 60 years old with 35 years of teaching and coaching. Sam Mitchell is the T-Wolves