GAME REPORT

FIRST QUARTER: TRAIL BLAZERS: 26, LAKERS: 33

* IN REVIEW: Eddie Jones finally found his shooting touch against the Trail Blazers, making his first five shots. Jones averaged 12.3 points against Portland during the regular season--five below his average--and had only five points in Game 1. Robert Horry, who actually did worse than Jones in Game 1 by not scoring at all, had eight points and a three-point basket that triggered a 16-6 Laker run that closed out the quarter. The Trail Blazers, in fact, had trouble stopping anyone as the Lakers shot 68.4%. Rasheed Wallace and Kenny Anderson accounted for Portland’s first 20 points.

* LEADING LAKER SCORERS: Jones 12, Shaquille O’Neal 7

* LEADING TRAIL BLAZER SCORERS: Anderson 12, Wallace 10.

SECOND QUARTER: TRAIL BLAZERS: 51, LAKERS: 49

* IN REVIEW: The Trail Blazers overcame a nine-point deficit by shooting 57.9% and outrebounding the Lakers, 11-3. Six of those rebounds came at the offensive end. Wallace, who had eight points and four rebounds in the quarter, led a 13-3 Trail Blazer run that closed out the half.

* LEADING LAKER SCORERS: Elden Campbell 6, O’Neal 6.

* LEADING TRAIL BLAZER SCORER: Wallace 8.

THIRD QUARTER: TRAIL BLAZERS: 69, LAKERS: 78

* IN REVIEW: The Lakers went ahead for good with 13-2 run to open the half. The Lakers aggressively went to the basket and attempted 14 free throws, making 13--a total the Trail Blazers matched for the entire game. Campbell made all six of his free throws. Portland’s Arvydas Sabonis picked up his third and fourth fouls during the Lakers’ early run and stayed on the bench until the fourth quarter.

* LEADING LAKER SCORERS: O’Neal and Jones 7.

* LEADING TRAIL BLAZER SCORER: Isaiah Rider 6.

FINAL: TRAIL BLAZERS: 93, LAKERS: 107

* IN REVIEW: The Lakers made nine of 15 shots, never allowed the Trail Blazers closer than 10 points of the lead and had their biggest advantage at 97-77 with 4:42 remaining when O’Neal made two free throws. Neither Jones nor Campbell played in the quarter. The final minutes were pretty much center stage for the NBA’s two youngest players--Jermaine O’Neal of the Trail Blazers and Kobe Bryant of the Lakers. Bryant outscored O’Neal, 6-0.

* LEADING LAKER SCORERS: O’Neal 10, Van Exel and Bryant 6.

* LEADING TRAIL BLAZER SCORER: Clifford Robinson 5.