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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves seemed to be two teams on similar paths; young rosters filled with high draft picks to develop with new coaches.While Minnesotas youth seemed to be further along and the Timberwolves were considered an upstart team to begin the season, Los Angeles has adapted the quickest with its new pieces gelling under coach Luke Walton.The two teams get their first chance at each other Sunday as each will play the second game of back-to-back situations.The Lakers (6-4) showed their growth again on Saturday night in New Orleans, cruising to a 126-99 victory against the Pelicans. Los Angeles has won five of its past six games.I think our guys love competing, Walton said. I think they feel more challenged in the second half to go get it done. Its almost as if when the game starts, you know we have 48 minutes to get it done. Obviously, we dont want that ... but its a process.Under coach Tom Thibodeau, Minnesota has struggled to open the season, especially on the defensive end. The Timberwolves (2-6) lost at home to the league-leading Los Angeles Clippers 119-105 on Saturday night, giving up 21 fast-break points to Los Angeles and allowing the Clippers to shoot 52.6 percent from the field and make 11 of 24 3-pointers.Right now were not consistent enough, Thibodeau said. We have to build the right habits. Defensively its hard to win when you give up 119 points.Defensive improvement was expected under Thibodeau for a team that has long struggled to stop opponents. The transition is proving to take time. Minnesota has allowed 119 points in two of its past three games. Opponents have scored more than 102 in all but one game.The Timberwolves did get point guard Ricky Rubio back in the lineup on Saturday after he missed five games with a sprained right elbow. Rubio had seven points, six rebounds and six assists in the loss.Im trying to find a rhythm, trying to find how to run the team too, Rubio said. First game back after a couple weeks, just get the rust off.Minnesotas talent has shined at times on the offensive end. The Timberwolves have two players averaging more than 20 points per game in forward Andrew Wiggins (23.8) and center Karl-Anthony Towns (22.1). Guard Zach LaVine was also above the mark before he was held to 15 points on 7 of 15 shooting on Saturday.Wiggins struggled against the Clippers league-best defense on Saturday. He scored 22 points but was constantly harassed and shot just 8 of 24.The Lakers had no trouble shooting Saturday against New Orleans, particularly from Los Angeles guards and bench.Jordan Clarkson scored 23 points and Williams added 21 for the Lakers, who entered the game leading the league with 48.8 points per game from their bench.Me and Lou are going to be real aggressive coming in. Were trying to do a good job of leading this second group, bringing the energy, scoring the ball, pushing the pace, Clarkson told the Associated Press. Coach gave that to us. Thats our role and thats what were going to do.Including starters DeAngelo Russell (22 points) and Nick Young (15), the Lakers backcourt accounted for 81 points on 31-of-51 shooting, including 15 of 25 from 3-point range.We got some great guards -- we got some killers, Russell said. Its up to us to go out there and maintain it and do it every game.Los Angeles rookie Brandon Ingram left Saturdays game with a sprained ankle but told the Associated Press he could have returned if the game was closer.Of course, these are two teams used to integrating high draft picks. Towns was picked No. 1 overall a year ago, one spot ahead of Russell. In 2014, Wiggins was the top pick by Cleveland before being traded to Minnesota. 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Both teams are in top form and we can only wait with bated breath to see which team establishes their dynasty on the Air Canada Centre stage.TSM just wrapped up the season with the best record (17-1) in the orgs history, and followed up that momentum by demolishing long-time rival Counter Logic Gaming, the spring split champions, in a 3-0 playoff sweep. Last split, TSM did not gel despite the all-star caliber lineup on paper. But this split, their performance turned over a new leaf. Replacing Bora Yellowstar Kim with rookie support, Vincent Biofrost Wang, allowed for more flexibility in the laning phase for AD carry, Yiliang Doublelift Peng to call his own shots and aggression.It led to a better relationship and an overall stronger pairing. TSM, however, is not a one-man show. Both Kevin Hauntzer Yarnell and franchise player, S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg can carry and take over any given game. In fact, in TSMs series against Counter Logic Gaming, it was Bjergsen and Hauntzer who bulldozed the matchup in their favor.But generally, the strengths of the team start with Bjergsen. TSM usually enters each matchup with the knowledge that the mid lane is an assured victory. Couple that with rotations from Dennis Svenskeren Johnsen and a snowball lane for Hauntzer and youve got map pressure.dddddddddddd. But perhaps, the strongest attribute for TSM is objective control, like the teams ability to contest dragon.C9 enter the finals as arguably the hottest team in League of Legends. The lineup finished the summer split with a 12-6 record, but dismantled its opponents during the latter half of the regular season. C9 earned its way into the finals after a very complete victory over second-place Immortals, establishing itself as a real threat to TSM. The makeup of the team is a very simple one: earn an advantage in the laning phase with rotations from William Meteos Hartman and then allow playmakers like Nicolaj Jensen Jensen and Zachary Sneaky Scuderi to distribute and dictate team fights.In the playoffs, so far, C9 is executing the plan. The team is usually up 1,600 gold after 10 minutes and have a 67 percent first blood rate. Its a small sample size, but with the new patch and C9s momentum, its the best indicator to how well this team is playing. The teams most encouraging statistic is the fact that its only been behind in gold 5 percent of the time in nine games. Cloud9 is an early game snowballing team that can compete in the late game with carries Jensen and Sneaky. ' ' '