Portland Trail Blazers (6-1, first in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (7-2, second in the Western Conference)

Los Angeles; Friday, 10 p.m. EST

LINE: Lakers -3.5; over/under is 238.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Lakers take on the Portland Trail Blazers in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.

Los Angeles went 53-29 overall, 33-19 in Western Conference games and 28-13 at home during the 2025-26 season. The Lakers averaged 116.3 points per game while shooting 50.2% from the field and 35.9% from behind the arc last season.

Portland went 42-40 overall and 29-23 in Western Conference games during the 2025-26 season. The Trail Blazers averaged 19.2 points off of turnovers, 18.5 second-chance points and 34.9 bench points last season.

The teams play for the second time this season. The Trail Blazers won the last matchup 136-129 on Oct. 28, with Deni Avdija scoring 23 points in the victory.

INJURIES: Lakers: Adou Thiero: out (knee).

Trail Blazers: Shaedon Sharpe: out (meniscus), Vit Krejci: out (ankle), Ja Morant: out (hamstring).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.