The Portland Trail Blazers remained unbeaten at 3-0 after surviving a foul-filled, hot shooting, flop fest of a game down in Los Angeles against the Lakers by a score of 136-129.
The Blazers trailed for most of the first half, but big shots from Toumani Camara and great two-way play from Robert Williams III kept them close.
In the fourth, Portland went up and the game went back-and-forth from there, but the Blazers made their shots down the stretch while the Lakers couldn’t say the same.
First half
Portland started out cold in LA as the Lakers took a quick 14-7 lead before a timeout from Micah Nori.
The Blazers were able to cut into the lead and get it down to 25-22, but LA kept an arms distance the rest of the frame to end it up 38-32 as Luka Doncic was pouring it on early with 16 points.
Free throws for both sides slowed the game down in the first half as well with a combined 40 attempts (19 for LA, 21 for Portland).
Things were relatively even in the second quarter as Portland won it by a point…