Up next for the Lakers: Monday at Portland

Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge will return Monday to play against the Lakers after missing five games because of a strained groin muscle.

By Mike Bresnahan

March 2, 2014 4:12 PM PT

When: 7 PST.

Where: Moda Center.

On the air: TV: TWC SportsNet, TWC Deportes; Radio: 710, 1330.

Records: Lakers 20-39, Trail Blazers 41-18.

Record vs. Trail Blazers: 0-1.

Update: LaMarcus Aldridge (strained groin) returned from a five-game absence Saturday and the Trail Blazers won their fifth consecutive game with a 102-96 victory over Denver. Xavier Henry had 27 points in the Lakers’ 114-108 loss to Portland in early December at Staples Center.

mike.bresnahan@latimes.com

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Mike Bresnahan

Mike Bresnahan previously covered the Lakers for the Los Angeles Times. He started the beat in 2004, a month after Shaquille O’Neal was traded, and covered several seasons of mediocrity before the Lakers won back-to-back championships in 2009 and 2010. Now they’re back to mediocrity. Bresnahan is from Los Angeles, started with The Times after graduating the University of Wisconsin in 1994, and has also covered the L.A. Kings, pro beach volleyball and numerous colleges and high schools. He left The Times in 2016.

Up next for the Lakers: Monday at Portland

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