The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to get back to .500 in the 2025-26 season as they take on the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night. This is the second night

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers fell 132-116 on the road to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday with Luka Doncic sidelined.

The Los Angeles Lakers star competed against his 1,822nd player — Portland Trail Blazers center Yang Hansen — on Saturday night at the Moda Center, which is a remarkable figure on its own in his 23 seasons in the NBA. According to Stathead, James has now played against 33.8% of all players who have ever competed in an NBA game.

“It feels like we’re starting to be the team that everyone thought we were going to be at the beginning of the year,” Donovan Clingan said, flashing a wide smile. “Hopefully, once we get everyone healthy, we’re going to make a big jump and we’re going to start winning a lot of games. This is just the start of it and it feels really good.”

The Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers square off in a Saturday night matchup on NBA TV at 10:00 ET.

The Blazers never forgot that Chuck offered to play for them in 1992.

LeBron James finishes with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, but the Lakers can’t keep pace in a 132-116 loss in Portland. The Lakers were without Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and center