The Los Angeles Lakers fell to the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night, their 12th consecutive loss to the Blazers. In a bit of a twist for Luke Walton’s team, however, it was the offense that did them in as opposed to their defense.
The Lakers held the Blazers to 97 points on 40.4 percent shooting from the field. The first half was especially promising as the Blazers scored only 40 points. Unfortunately the Lakers could only muster up 32 themselves.
The effort did not go unnoticed by Walton who got what he was looking for from his team on that end, especially coming off of their most recent game.