The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a brutal early first-round exit to the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a tough and unexpected loss to a young Timberwolves team l

From 2006 to 2011, Smith played with Anthony and the Denver Nuggets. The pair reunited with the New York Knicks from 2012 to 2015. During that 2015 season, Smith was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, where he joined LeBron James.

The four-time NBA MVP says the MCL sprain likely would have caused him to miss the rest of the first-round series had the Lakers defeated Minnesota in Game 5.