Sometimes after a long road trip, the best recipe is coming home and regrouping. The Lakers (25-27) did just that following their 99-94 victory over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers.
Early on, the Lake Show looked like they were going to cruise to their 25th win of the campaign, after a 28-16 first quarter. Portland turned it on in the middle frames and at one point led by as many as six. But the Lakers were not going to go quietly into the night.
L.A. regained their early rhythm and slowly started to put the game out of reach for the Blazers thanks in large part to Anthony Davis, who scored 11 of the last 15 Laker points.