Luka Doncic scored 16 of his 31 points in a dominating first quarter and added 12 rebounds and nine assists as the Los Angeles Lakers evened their Western Conference first-round playoff series with a 94-85 victory over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday.

With a win, the Lakers will even the series up as they head to Minnesota for the next two games. It can also take some wind out of the sails of a Timberwolves squad led by Anthony Edwards, which seemed to be quite confident after the series' first game.

What might have gotten overlooked during the Los Angeles Lakers’ surge in the second-half of the campaign is that Luka Doncic was struggling from the field. He shot less than 40 percent in four of his first six games with the team and had several other cold nights along the way.