The Portland Trail Blazers may have been missing Damian Lillard when they faced the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, but the scales were even as the Lakers played without All-World forward LeBron James. The absence of stars was evident. The Lakers spent most of the night committing turnovers. The Blazers missed nearly every shot they threw up. The duel of awfulness kept the game close, but L.A. ultimately prevailed 99-94.
Portland ended up shooting 35-98, 35.7% from the field, 14-42, 33.3% from the three-point arc. Norman Powell led the team with 30 points.