PORTLAND -- Games between the Trail Blazers and Lakers at the Moda Center are almost always eventful, though that wasn't necessarily a good thing this time around.
Starting forward Rodney Hood suffered a season-ending injury and head coach Terry Stotts was ejected for the first time in this career in the process of the Trail Blazers losing 136-113 to the Lakers in front of a sellout crowd of 19,912 Friday night at the Moda Center.
The Trail Blazers are now 9-14 overall and 4-5 at home this season.
Despite the Lakers shooting 70 percent from the field while shooting half as many free throws, the Trail Blazers were able to make it a game for the first quarter.