Benjamin Franklin once said nothing in this world is certain except for death, taxes and the Portland Trail Blazers winning on opening night.
“It’s a good first test for us,” LeBron James said after the Lakers’ 128-119 season-opening loss, “to be in a building where they haven’t lost in the 2000s.”
The last time Portland lost a home opener was during the height of the rivalry between these two teams. On Oct. 31, 2000, the Lakers beat the Trail Blazers in Portland, just a few months after knocking them out of the playoffs with that memorable Game 7 comeback.