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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo took an elbow to the face from Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves during a drive in the second quarter of Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Shortly after, Luka Doncic was shaken up after being fouled by DiVincenzo.
DiVincenzo never left the game, but the broadcast on TNT showed a close-up of him after taking the elbow, and his face appeared quite swollen around his left eye following the shot from Reaves, who was not called for a foul during the play. Doncic took a shot from DiVincenzo and Rudy Gobert on a drive late in the second quarter and was very slow to get up. The foul was reviewed for a Flagrant, but stood as a common foul.
Doncic, though, was quite slow to get up and appeared to be favoring his back. He shot the free throws, so he will be eligible to return to the game, but he subbed off with 1 minute remaining in the first half and exited to the locker room. Doncic started for the Lakers after halftime.
The Wolves, who have a 3-1 series lead, led 59-49 at the halftime break. They can close out the series with a victory. The game was still in progress at the time of publication.
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