The Los Angeles Lakers hit the skies on Wednesday as they made their way to Oregon to face the Portland Trail Blazers in a Thursday night special on TNT. The purple and gold are coming off their best game of the season, and with a national television audience watching them, have a chance to legitimize themselves with back-to-back wins.
Winning in the Rose Garden is one of the NBA’s most daunting tasks, but the Lakers are catching Portland on the second half of a back-to-back. Making matters even more ideal, the Trail Blazers lost in overtime Wednesday night in Utah, so that might be creak the window open just enough for the Lakers to escape with a win.