Lakers Race Past Blazers With Huge Nights For D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Davis, Rui Hachimura

Lakers Nation Podcast

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Basketball, Sports

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🗓️ 9 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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The Lakers got the win that they needed against the Blazers despite missing LeBron James, Austin Reaves, and more. D'Angelo Russell stepped up in a big way while Anthony Davis was dominant on defense and Rui Hachimura got his offense going. Trevor Lane breaks down the win and what happens next... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome to the Lakers Nation.com live postgame show.
0:05.7	Hey, I'm Trevor Lane. The Lakers got a nice win over the Blazers. No LeBron.
0:10.4	No problem in this one for the Lakers. 107, 98, the final score, but it was really not that close.
0:18.2	Once the game got into the fourth quarter, Lakers ran away with it.
0:22.0	They were up 20. Then they emptied the bench. So nice performance from L.A. overall, right?
0:28.7	This was not a good Portland team. Not only is it a bad Portland team, but it was a bad Portland
0:32.5	team that shot terribly on the night. But you know what? The Lakers needed a win. They were on a three
0:39.5	game losing streak and they have lost in absolutely brutal fashion. They needed a win. I'll take it.
0:46.6	I'll take it. And I know, right? Like a lot of people are going to come in and say,
0:51.2	who cares? It's the Blazers. All this kind of stuff.
1:17.4	I don't care that it's the Blazers. It's a win. The Lakers needed a win. So if you want to come in and say it doesn't mean anything, it's the blazers. No, I'm not saying this means they're going to win a championship or anything like that. I'm not saying, oh, this is proof the Lakers are back. No, but it's a win. what did you want them to do? Lose? No, they got the win. They needed a win and they got it done. So it was good to see from that perspective. I thought this was a really nice performance for DeAngel Russell.
1:25.2	You look at what he did in this game. Coming off the bench.
1:28.5	This was Deelow from last year.
1:31.5	This is Deelot from last year.
1:33.4	9 of 17 shooting.
1:35.1	5 of 10 from 3.
1:36.2	I think this is the first game we've really seen last year's Delo back.
1:41.2	14 assists.
1:43.3	He was just dishing out there. Five boards, 28 points. Yes, the Blazers are a bad defense. Yes, they're a bad offense. That creates opportunities. But boy, did they need DeAndre Russell in this game. Their offense was completely lost without it. There was no rhythm to it. There was no flow to the Lakers
2:02.1	offense without DeAndro Russell. He came in and changed the entire feel of the game. I was
2:06.7	shocked. Shocked that J.J. Reddick did not start the second half with DeAndro Russell on the floor.
2:12.0	The Blazers went on a quick run. The Lakers offense looked incapable of creating a shot.
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