LeBron James had 37 factors and 11 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame a 25-point halftime deficit to report a 121-112 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night time.
Thomas Bryant matched his profession excessive of 31 factors on 12-of-15 taking pictures and in addition collected 14 rebounds for the Lakers. Dennis Schroder added 24 factors, eight assists and 6 rebounds as Los Angeles gained its second straight sport.
The Lakers outscored Portland 75-41 within the second half.
Anfernee Simons made seven 3-pointers whereas scoring 31 factors for the Trail Blazers, who misplaced for the twelfth time of their previous 16 contests. Damian Lillard had 24 factors and 10 assists, Jerami Grant scored 19 factors and Josh Hart added 13 factors, 10 rebounds and 7 assists for Portland.
Nassir Little scored 11 factors and Drew Eubanks had 11 rebounds and a career-best six blocked photographs for the Trail Blazers.
Portland shot 43 p.c from the sphere, together with 17 of 46 from 3-point vary.
Troy Brown Jr. added 10 factors for the Lakers, who related on 52.3 p.c of their photographs and have been 10 of 30 from behind the arc. Bryant matched his profession excessive of 4 3-pointers (in 5 makes an attempt).
Bryant canned a trey to present Los Angeles a 98-97 benefit with 7:54 remaining — the Lakers’ first lead since early within the second quarter.
Portland later was main by three earlier than Schroder drained two 3-pointers throughout a 12-2 burst as Los Angeles took a 112-105 lead with 3:06 left.
Bryant later threw down two putback dunks in a span of 39 seconds because the Lakers led 116-109 with 1:44 remaining.
Brown’s 3-pointer gave Los Angeles a 119-110 benefit with 46.6 seconds to play and the Lakers closed it out.
The Trail Blazers outscored the Lakers 45-13 within the second quarter to carry a 71-46 halftime lead. Simons had 22 factors within the first half for Portland and James tallied 17 for the Lakers.
Los Angeles jumped out to a fast 18-4 lead and led 33-26 on the finish of the primary quarter. After James scored the primary basket of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers ripped off a 25-5 burst to take a 51-40 lead.
Portland’s lead was 12 earlier than it scored the ultimate 13 factors of the half to raise the margin to 25.
Los Angeles used a 21-3 surge within the third quarter to tug inside 81-74 with 4:40 left. Overall, the Lakers outscored the Trail Blazers 40-20 within the stanza to trim Portland’s result in 91-86.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
