Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Minnesota

Lakers tonight VS. TIMBERWOLVES Time: 7:30. On the air: TV: FS West; Radio: 710, 1330. Where: Staples Center. Records: Lakers 17-3, Timberwolves 3-19. Record vs. Timberwolves (2008-09): 4-0. Update: The Lakers have won 10 consecutive games, one victory shy of their longest winning streak since taking 11 straight toward the end of the 2003-04 season. The Lakers have defeated the Timberwolves eight consecutive games and 11 of 12. Minnesota, under first-year Coach Kurt Rambis, is 1-9 on the road. Minnesota forward Kevin Love, the former UCLA star, has been back for four games after missing the start of the season after breaking a bone in his left hand. -- Broderick Turner