Portland Trail Blazers visit Los Angeles Lakers early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Trail Blazers went L-W-L-L-L and Lakers went W-L-L-L-L over their last five.
Tip Off Live ratings give the edge to Lakers: about 70% to win, with a projected score of Portland Trail Blazers 111, Los Angeles Lakers 117. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 7 times in our recent records. Lakers lead 4-3, and the average margin has been 3.6 points in favor of Trail Blazers.
On the injury report, Collin Sexton (LAL), Cameron Carr (LAL), Adou Thiero (LAL), and Shaedon Sharpe (POR) are listed as out.