Marcus Smart scores 25 points and LeBron James finishes with 20 points, but the Lakers can't overcome Luka Doncic's absence in a 132-116 loss to Portland.

The opening quarter lasted nearly as long as your favorite ride at Disneyland because of how often the Lakers gave the Blazers visits to the charity stripe. The Lakers committed 13 fouls in the first quarter, allowing the Blazers to shoot 22 free throws and score 40 points to open.

Shaedon Sharpe scored 25 points to help the Portland Trail Blazers roll to an easy 132-116 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.

When the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday at Moda Center in Oregon, they will be without Austin Reaves and Luka Doncic, their starting guards. Reaves is still out with a gastrocnemius strain,

The Blazers’ debilitating injury situation has improved dramatically over the last week, but it hasn’t completely disappeared.

Before the Chicago Bulls played the Portland Trail Blazers at the Memorial Coliseum on April 1, 1988, Jordan showed teammates Charles Oakley and Sam Vincent how powerful he was at Nike by taking both to the company headquarters in Oregon and letting them shop at will.