After suffering consecutive losses for the first time this season, the Portland Trail Blazers (4-4) look to get back on the winning side by hosting the Los Angeles Lakers Thursday night in a nationally-televised game at the Moda Center. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Thursday night’s game will be a quick turnaround for a Trail Blazers team coming off a 112-103 overtime loss to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Wednesday night. Portland led by six points with less than four minutes to play, but late-game turnovers, which have been an issue for the Trail Blazers through eight games, and back-to-back three-pointers by the Jazz resulted in another disappointing loss.