LOS ANGELES -- The Trail Blazers finished up a four-game trip with a 99-94 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.
Portland is now 21-31 overall, 7-18 on the road and 0-2 versus the Lakers this season, with both losses coming in Los Angeles. With the loss, Portland finishes a four-game road trip 1-3 and have dropped five of their last six.
Though neither team played all that well Wednesday night, the Blazers had an especially rough go of it in the first quarter. They started 3-of-12 from the field and 0-of-5 from three for just eight points in the first seven minutes of play.