The Los Angeles Lakers finally achieved a balanced victory. The Lakers now have a 22-22 record. The 22nd victory was obtained after defeating the Portland Trail Blazers 134-110 at Crypto.com Arena. These results brought the Lakers up to ninth place.

The Lakers returned to winning ways after losing painfully to the Brooklyn Nets 112-130 in the previous game. The win also handed the Blazers their 30th loss of the season.

The Lakers’ positive results cannot be separated from D’Angelo Russell’s slick performance. The player nicknamed DLo scored the highest points and almost reached his highest record this season. He led the Lakers with 34 points and 8 assists. DLo played for 34 minutes. He scored 14 shots on target with an accuracy of 66.7 percent including 6 three points.

LeBron James remained hoт with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. LeBron and Russell combined for the first 19 points for the Lakers in the fourth quarter. Also brought the Lakers to their highest position with 27 points.

Anthony Davis scored a double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Help also came from Austin Reaves who started today. Reaves tallied 15 points on 5/10 shooting. Then Cam Reddish helped with 10 points.

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The Lakers shot from the start. The Blazers only had time to close the gap to one point at the end of the first quarter. But the momentum was immediately capped by the Lakers’ 8-4 run. In the next round, the Lakers were no longer overtaken. With this comfortable position, the Lakers rested LeBron, Davis and the other starters in the last six minutes.

The Lakers’ lead was recorded from 47 shots (86 attempts) with an accuracy of 54.7 percent. The Lakers also managed to take the lead with 13 three points. The most came from Russell, then Reaves and LeBron with 3 points each.

The Blazers relied on Malcolm Brogdon who scored 23 points and 9 assists. Anfernee Simons contributed 19 points on 8 shots (915 attempts). Followed by Jerami Grant with 17 points and Duop Reath with 16 points.