Lakers fall To Blazers As Injuries Grow

Lakers Nation Podcast

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Sports, Basketball

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The Lakers have struggled of late as injuries continue to take their toll, falling to the Blazers on the road on the first night of a back-to-back. Will they be able to get out of this rough stretch or are they headed for the play-in? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome in to the Lakers Nation.com live postgame show.
0:05.4	I'm Trevor Lane. Another tough loss for the Lakers. They lose 132-116 to the Portland Trailblazers
0:11.3	on the road. Of course, a number of injuries hitting this Lakers team. No Luca, no Austin,
0:16.8	no DeAndre Aitin, no Jackson Hayes. But yikes.
0:22.0	This was a disastrous night for the Lakers, both in the standings and in terms of the actual game itself.
0:30.1	As the slide continues for L.A. in the West.
0:33.4	We got a lot of stuff to talk about tonight.
0:36.3	So happy to have you all here.
0:38.0	You're sticking it out.
0:39.6	Staying through.
0:41.0	Staying strong.
0:42.9	Happy to see you here.
0:44.5	Let's get into it.
0:47.0	Look, not a pretty performance by the Lakers.
0:51.6	The night ends with LeBron James, 20 points, nine boards, eight assists, four turnovers, one steel, two blocks. LeBron James 20 points,
0:57.5	nine boards, eight assists, four turnovers, one steel, two blocks.
1:00.5	LeBron was okay tonight.
1:01.8	LeBron was okay.
1:03.7	Six for 16 shootings, not great,
1:07.5	but LeBron was just okay tonight, by his standards.
1:13.5	What you needed in this game was a LeBron, turn back the clock,
1:17.5	put the team on his back type of performance. And you didn't get that out of LeBron. And frankly,
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