eight of 24 games entering Friday. They turned the ball over on their first possession of the second, giving them 12 giveaways in just over 12 minutes of game clock.

“A lot of that in the first quarter was my fault,” Austin Reaves said. “Not having us organized. Not being on the court the last two weeks, I thought left a little indecision in my mind with some stuff that we could have been doing. I got to be better there.”

Even when they took better care of the ball, the timing of some of their giveaways slowed the momentum they started to build after getting defensive stops: Anthony Davis mishandled the ball after blocking a shot, directing leading to a Naz Reid 3-pointer that extended Minnesota’s lead to 74-61 after the Lakers (13-11) had scored seven unanswered points.

Reaves sent a pass into the second row of the Timberwolves’ bench early in the fourth quarter, and Rob Dillingham knocked down a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession to put Minnesota ahead 80-72.

Minnesota’s Mike Conley missed a 3-pointer and Rui Hachimura grabbed the rebound for the Lakers, but Julius Randle stole the ball and quickly fed Jaden McDaniels for a layup and an 89-82 lead with 2:03 left.

“It’s interesting because I think there’s control of the game that you can take or relinquish,” Redick said. “And it felt like they had control of the game. And anytime we got close to sort of being able to be in a position where we could potentially regain control, we kind of shot ourselves in the foot. Honestly, with turnovers a lot.”

And the Lakers’ turnovers were exacerbated by their poor shot-making: they shot just 38.4% from the field (33 for 86) and 28.6% from behind the arc (10 for 35).

The Lakers have scored at least 110 points just twice in their last 10 games after crossing that threshold in 12 of their first 15 contests.

“Got to score,” Davis said. “Getting good looks. We haven’t been shooting the ball from 3 well. Just got to make shots. We’re getting great looks. We’re generating open 3s, generating open looks for our guys. We just got to be confident enough to make them.”

The Lakers didn’t score more than 25 points in any quarter on Friday, making it eight consecutive quarters when they didn’t reach the 25-point threshold in a quarter against the Timberwolves, who routed them on Dec. 2 in Minneapolis.

“You have to trust the process of running good offense,” Redick said, “and getting good looks and trust that those shots will, in the aggregate, go in more.

Davis led the Lakers with 23 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots, but he also had four turnovers.

Reaves, who returned to the lineup after missing the previous five games because of a bruised left pelvis, finished with 18 points, six rebounds and five assists in 30 minutes. Max Christie was the only other Laker to score in double figures, finishing with 15 points, but he also had four turnovers.

The Lakers finished with a season-high 21 giveaways for 27 Timberwolves points.

“Can’t expect to win a game like that,” Davis said. “(Twnenty-one) plays that we didn’t get a shot on goal. We did enough defensively. Just didn’t do enough offensively.”

LeBron James missed his second consecutive game because of left foot soreness and remains away from the team with an excused absence after not being with the team earlier in the week because of personal reasons.

Anthony Edwards had 23 points and six rebounds to lead Minnesota.

Randle (21 points, five rebounds), McDaniels (18 points, nine rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots) and Rudy Gobert (12 points, 13 rebounds) also made significant contributions for the Timberwolves.