LeBron James starts 0-5 for the first time since rookie season

In his first professional season, LeBron James started 0-5. Now, in his 20th season, he's matched that dubious mark.

The Los Angeles Lakers dropped their fifth straight game to the Minnesota Timberwolves, 111-102. James had 28 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and four steals in the losing effort, which saw Anthony Davis sitting out with lower back soreness and Russell Westbrook coming off the bench to score 18 points on 6-17 shooting.

It's the Lakers' worst start since they began the 2014-15 season 0-5, on their way to a 21-61 record. That team featured Kobe Bryant, alongside luminaries like Jeremy Lin, Wesley Johnson, and 33-year-old Carlos "Booz Cruise" Boozer.

The team shot 9-29 from three-point range, which actually improved their league-worst three-point shooting to 23.7 percent. The Lakers also had 22 turnovers, five by Westbrook.

With the team in turmoil, Davis hobbled, and Westbrook shooting 31 percent from the field, the Lakers will try to get in the win column with a four-game homestand that starts with a game against the Nuggets on Sunday - a team that beat them by 11 points two days ago.