The Portland Trail Blazers had no answer defensively for the Los Angeles Lakers Sunday night and consequently lost 134-110.
Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell led all scorers with 34 points and LeBron James scored 28.
The Blazers got 23 from Malcolm Brogdon and 19 from Anfernee Simons.
The Lakers shot 54.7% from the field and 39.4 on threes.
Portland shot just 9 of 29 from three-point range (31%) and couldn’t make up for it in other areas.
Fourth quarter:
– Blazers now down 120-97.
– Lakers up 111-92.
Third quarter: Lakers 103, Blazers 87.
D’Angelo Russell scored 13 in the third quarter and now has 26. Blazers getting killed in fast break points, 26-6. Lakers have 21 points off of the Blazers’ 11 turnovers.
Brogdon leading the Blazers with 21 points.
– Lakers now lead 101-82.
– Lakers increase lead to 90-70.
– Simons hits a three. He now has 14. Blazers trail 83-68.
– Lakers lead 69-58.
Halftime: Lakers 67, Blazers 54.
Malcolm Brogdon scored 13 points and Duop Reath has 10 at halftime for the Blazers. But the Lakers shot 55.6% and scord 36 points in the paint to control the half.
D’Angelo Russell and LeBron James each scored 13 points. Anthony Davis had 10.
The Blazers hit on just 5 of 16 threes and scored 26 points in the pain.
Deandre Ayton has two points and three personal fouls.
– Lakers now up 22-11 in the quarter and 58-42 for the game. D’Angelo Russell has 13 points. So does LeBron James.
– Lakers now lead 54-40.
– Lakers made five of their first six shots in the 2nd QTR.
– Lakers up 14-5 in the second quarter. Lead the game 47-36.
First quarter: Lakers 36, Blazers 31.
Blazers hanging tough by shooting 54.5% from the field. Brogdon leads the team with 10 points and Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant have six apiece.
LeBron James and Anthony Davis lead the Lakers with eight points each. Lakers shot 56.5% in the first quarter.
– Lakers up 28-27. Malcolm Brogdon has 10 points.
– Reath three makes it 24-22, Lakers.
– Deandre Ayton picked up two fouls in three minutes.
– Lakers went up 17-6. But the Blazers have come back and now trail 24-19.
– Lakers up 10-4.
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Portland Trail Blazers guards Anfernee Simons and Scoot Henderson are available for Sunday night’s game at the Los Angeles Lakers after missing Friday’s win over the Indiana Pacers due to illness.
The return of Simons gives coach Chauncey Billups most of his desired starting lineup in place. Simons will start along with Malcolm Brogdon, Jerami Grant, Jabari Walker and Deandre Ayton.
Shaedon Sharpe would be the desired guard alongside Simons but he is out with an abdominal injury.
Be sure to check back during the game for updates.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS AT LOS ANGELES LAKERS
What: Trail Blazers (12-29) at Lakers (21-22), 7 p.m., Sunday.
Where: Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles.
Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM).
TV channel: Root Sports PLUS (in Portland: Comcast 1253; DirecTV: 688).
Watch the game live online: You can watch this game live for FREE with Fubo (free trial). You can also get this game on DirecTV Stream’s “CHOICE” package (promotional offers), if you are out of fuboTV trials, or simply prefer that platform and their pricing plans. If you already have a cable or satellite provider that carries Root Sports and want to watch online, you can watch this game live on Root Sports Live.
ODDS (Oregon Lottery/DraftKings)
Moneyline: POR +400 | LAK -535
Spread: POR +11 | Over/Under: 227.5
INJURIES
Blazers: Anfernee Simons (illness) and Scoot Henderson (nasal contusion) are available. Shaedon Sharpe (adductor strain), Moses Brown (left wrist surgery) and Robert Williams III (season-ending right knee surgery) are out.
Lakers: Cam Reddish (left knee effusion) is probable. Anthony Davis (bilateral Achilles tendinopathy), LeBron James (left ankle peroneal tendinopathy) and Taurean Prince (left knee soreness) are questionable. Gabe Vincent (left knee surgery) is out.
NEXT UP
The Blazers play a 5 p.m. game Tuesday at the Oklahoma City Thunder.
— Aaron Fentress | afentress@Oregonian.com | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook)
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