The Los Angeles Lakers were unable to get the best of the Portland Trail Blazers two years in a row as the defending NBA Las Vegas Summer League champions lost to the Blazers 91-73.
Coming off of a double overtime win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lakers’ legs just weren’t there on Tuesday and it showed in their shooting numbers. As a team, the Lakers shot an abysmal 39.1 percent from the field including a lowly 14.3 percent from behind the arc.
Not even summer league MVP Josh Hart could fight through fatigue, going 0-6 from the three-point line just over 24 hours removed from pouring on 37 points on the Cavs in the semifinals.