In hindsight, it's a bit surprising how comfortably Anthony Edwards deferred to the NBA's elder statesmen at the Olympics. The brashest player in the NBA happily came off of the bench as Stephen Curry,

The Los Angeles Lakers lost Game 3 of their first-round playoff series to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday by a final score of 116-104, and in doing so, they wasted a vintage performance from LeBron James.

Minnesota leads the best-of-7 series 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. While Edwards was generating buckets, the Lakers were doing nothing of the sort on the other end.