A stomach illness contributed to Luka Dončić having his worst performance of the playoffs so far in the Los Angeles Lakers' 116-104 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 3 of their Western Conference series on Friday night.

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic struggled in his team's Game 3 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. While he stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, seven rebounds and eight assists, the Slovenian guard shot just 6-for-16 from the field. The Lakers were also outscored by 16 points in his 40 minutes of action.