After clinching the third seed in the Western Conference with a 140-109 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday, the Los Angeles Lakers played a largely meaningless game on Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers to close out the regular season. This game was even more meaningless given the fact that they opted to rest most of their rotational players, including all five of their starters.
It was an opportunity for some of the Lakers' young prospects and benchwarmers to get significant playing time. While a few of them performed well, the team as a whole didn't.