The Portland Trail Blazers gave another good effort on Sunday night, playing the Los Angeles Lakers on the road. Fighting a lack of size and injuries to their two best point guards, Portland rode scrappy bench play and three-pointers from Jerami Grant to a fourth-quarter dogfight. A 68-48 gap in points in the paint, coupled with a 37-9 deficit in free throw attempts spelled doom for the Blazers. L.A. won by only 6, 116-110, but they won anyway.
Jerami Grant shot 3-6 from the arc on his way to a team-leading 23 points. Starting point guard Skylar Mays shot 7-13 himself, scoring 15 with 12 assists against only 1 turnover.