Lakers Are Victims of Jet Lag : Pro basketball: When Johnson gets on plane, they get blown away by Trail Blazers, 112-83.

At least the Lakers know what they have to work on without Magic Johnson.

Everything.

Johnson was en route to the mainland when Saturday night’s game started. His teammates plainly wished to have gone along, but had to stick around long enough for the Portland Trail Blazers to rout them, 112-83.

“I think a lot of people kind of said, ‘Second game, let’s get it over and go home,’ ” Byron Scott said. “I think (the Trail Blazers) had a totally different attitude than we did.”

Portland read about the new up-tempo Laker style but needed to get whiplash Friday to appreciate that it was real.

Saturday, the Trail Blazers came out of the blocks at full speed. When the Lakers tried to run, they found three, four or five players back. When the Lakers tried to run a half-court offense, Portland shut that down, too. Of 22 shots the Lakers took in the first quarter, 16 came from 15 feet or farther. Of the 37 rebounds in the period, the Trail Blazers took 26.

“We had a long talk this morning about it,” Coach Rick Adelman said. “We normally go out and do that to teams. Friday night we just weren’t running the floor.”

Laker Coach Randy Pfund shrugged it off as ugly but early.

“That was a beauty wasn’t it?” Pfund said. “I thanked Joey (Crawford, one of the officials) for that last foul. Helped us get to 80.

“But this is preseason. We’ve got a veteran team, and I’ve got to get guys slowly into their game and get time for the young guys.”

The Lakers broke camp and flew home Sunday, their situation changed somewhat since they arrived 10 days ago.

Tony Smith, who was being fitted for Milwaukee green, had an impressive camp and might wear purple and gold for a while. No. 1 pick Anthony Peeler began to show something late in Saturday night’s game.

“I like the way Tony Smith has played in training camp,” Pfund said. “ . . . People forget how strong a training camp and preseason he had last year until he got injured (in an exhibition game the last weekend before the regular season.) If he wasn’t in people’s minds coming into training camp, Tony Smith has reasserted himself.

“I thought Anthony got off a little slowly, but I don’t think there are any red flags up. I think late in this game, he started to loosen up. It’s only a concern with Anthony because he’s our top pick, and there are such high expectations.”

The Lakers will have two more chances this week to develop their two identities, with Johnson and without. He’ll play in Tuesday’s exhibition at the Forum against the Philadelphia 76ers and sit out Wednesday’s against the New York Knick-Utah Jazz winner.

Laker Notes

James Worthy’s left knee, on which he had surgery last spring, swelled and he played only 14 minutes. It’s not considered serious. . . . Former UCLA standout Tracy Murray made three of six shots including a three-pointer for Portland. Rick Adelman says Murray’s struggles in practice are no coincidence. “We have Jerome Kersey and Cliff Robinson on him all the time,” Adelman said. “You don’t see Jerome practice all the time, but he practices the same way he plays. It’s been a little bit tough on Tracy, but it’s good for him.”