Heading into Portland, the Lakers were looking to sweep another road trip, this time a shorter 3 game jaunt that saw them win in Denver and Utah on back to back nights. The Trail Blazers are not as good as those other teams, but winning in Portland is hard and after two really quality wins, if the Lakers would have lost it wouldn’t have been too surprising. Disappointing, sure. But not surprising.
Well, the Lakers didn’t disappoint. They rolled, again, beating the Blazers 136-113, scoring 77 points in the first half and, as the final score indicates, dominating the game.