Spurred by their tone-setting 40-year-old superstar, the Lakers defend their rears off to square their best-of-seven first-round series against the Timberwolves with a bruise-filled 94-85 win.

After getting blown off of the floor in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Lakers stormed back to even things up 1-1 with a 94-85 victory on their home floor on Tuesday night.

The failed lob comes just a couple of weeks after Reaves threw an alley-oop to James that he was able to finish in their April 4 win over the New Orleans Pelicans, but saw James tell the 26-year-old it set him back three days, as he has been nursing a groin injury.