The Los Angeles Lakers returned home after an unsuccessful four-game road trip where they lost three straight and looked like a mess on both sides of the floor.
The Lakers looked like a team that desperately needed to come back home, and they got the perfect bounce back spot as they hosted the Portland Trail Blazers. Los Angeles came into the matchup shorthanded as LeBron James and Austin Reaves were ruled out, but it still didn’t affect the team as they ran away with a 107-98 victory to snap their losing streak.
Without James, D’Angelo Russell stepped up as the team’s primary facilitator.