Luka, even in his pudgy form, is the best player in the league not named Jokic. He can slow down a game and it'll play out to how he wants it to. The guy controls a game better than anyone since, and believe me I hate to invoke this player's name as much as anyone else would, Chris Paul in his prime.
Minny does have a deeper team. You guys are better. We have a guy who won a Make-A-Wish dream to play in the NBA in Hayes. I think any level-headed Lakers fan realized that this year was going to be tough sledding in the playoffs without a viable center. You can't just ask a 40 year old LeBron to fill that role consistently in a small ball lineup. I like Reaves quite a bit, but this is a step up for him. It's one thing to Pistol Pete your way through the regular season. Now you have to do it consistently when the lights are the brightest. I would say this series will be a litmus test of sorts for him and whether or not he gets included in trade offers over the summer. I think he can play under the brightest lights, but it's up to him to mentally get over that hump. The best players figure it out. The mentally weak wind up playing on lottery teams their entire career.
The Wolves are the better team with an ascendant young star in Edwards. I won't bet against Luka mainly because of seeing him carry Dallas on his back last year. I don't need to tell any of the Mavs fans this since they saw him up close for years. I would bet on LeBron having himself a really good game three followed by the bottom falling out in game 4 for LA and then game 5 deciding who ultimately wins the series.