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Up next for the Lakers: Sunday vs. Portland

Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard tries to drive around Lakers point guard Ronnie Price in the first half.
Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard tries to drive around Lakers point guard Ronnie Price in the first half.
(Don Ryan / Associated Press)
By Mike Bresnahan
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When: 6:30.

Where: Staples Center.

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

Records: Lakers 12-25; Trail Blazers 28-8.

Record vs. Trail Blazers: 0-1.

Update: The Lakers hung with the Trail Blazers last Monday in Portland before ultimately falling, 98-94. Portland point guard Damian Lillard had 39 points on a night Kobe Bryant did not play. The Lakers struggle historically in Portland but had won 11 consecutive games against the Trail Blazers at Staples Center until going 0-2 there last season.

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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.

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