``I was just staying aggressive, like the coaches told me to,'' said Hudson, who beat the halftime horn with a 3-pointer that put the Wolves up 57-43.
The Lakers had their most lopsided postseason loss since 2000, when Indiana beat them 120-87 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
Minnesota, which had never won a postseason game by more than nine points, led by as many as 24 in the third quarter but let the Lakers creep back into it in the fourth. Los Angeles got to 96-83 on a free throw by O'Neal, but Garnett made two jumpers, sandwiched around two free throws by Hudson to push the lead back to 19.
Garnett's last basket -- a jumper from 3.6m -- elicited a thunderous chant of ``MVP'' from the crowd.
His teammates were only 4-for-16 from the field in the final period, and all the baskets came in garbage time.
Bucks 88, Nets 85
At East Rutherford, New Jersey, Gary Payton had 22 points, Sam Cassell added 21 and Milwaukee overcame three missed free throws in the final 10.4 seconds and 11 botched foul shots among 20 attempts to defeat New Jersey and even the first-round series at one game apiece.
Payton and everyone around him had a much better game than they did in the series opener, when the Bucks fell behind by as many as 31. After being held scoreless for the first 43 minutes of the opener, Payton connected on his first three shots.
The Bucks also couldn't stop Kenyon Martin, who had 22 points and 12 rebounds.
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