The Portland Trail Blazers were expected to fall to the bottom of the league’s standings after trading Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks. Unsurprisingly, that’s where they wound up. They ended the year tied with the Charlotte Hornets for the third-worst record in the NBA.
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers are back home Thursday night for Game 3 of their playoff series against the Denver Nuggets. The Men in Purple and Gold are currently down 2-0 and are desperate to get a win against the team they’ve lost to in their previous 10 matchups,
It is rather difficult for a team to maintain its poise when it blows its opportunity to claim a very winnable game, and on a gut-wrenching buzzer-beater loss, no less. On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers’ resilience was put to the test,
When the Nuggets and Lakers tip off tonight, it will be the single most important game of the Lakers season. Down 0-2 in the series, a loss here tonight will almost certainly spell the end of any hopes that Los Angeles has.