Pau Gasol (illness) will not play Friday against the Timberwolves, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Gasol (illness) will not play Friday against the Timberwolves, K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Analysis:

Gasol departed shootaround with an illness, and the team will give him the night off in hopes he'll be ready to play Sunday against the Clippers. Taj Gibson will likely enter the starting lineup in Gasol's place Friday.