Community Picks: Brooklyn Nets 0% vs Los Angeles Lakers 0%

Coaching at an elite level, we are regularly assured, is an awful lot about making the tough and unfriendly decisions about individuals in order to improve the prospects of the collective. Like benching Lonzo Ball, for instance? On Thursday night at Moda Center in Portland, the Lakers lost for the fifth time this season, on a three-pointer by Damian Lillard as time expired. Lillard, a two-time All Star, finished with 32 points, six rebounds and five assists—the kind of numbers you expect regularly from an elite point guard eight games into his sixth NBA season. And Ball? Ball, in his eighth game of a rookie season that has soared, occasionally, and explored the hinterland of rough promise, sometimes, Continue to Article

November 03, 2017 6:20:am EST

Thursday night was a lot of fun with Jusuf Nurkic getting his confidence back, Damian Lillard lighting up the Lakers and Kyle Kuzma looking like the steal of the draft, and it's also good to know that Brook Lopez still has a pulse. The Warriors improved to 6-3 on the season despite a shaky start from Kevin Durant, as he missed his first eight shots of the game. The best fantasy player for the past decade eventually found his rhythm though, as he finished 9-of-18 from the field for 24 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two 3-pointers. Continue to Article

November 03, 2017 3:14:am EST

Damian Lillard didn't really need to gesture to his wrist. The crowd already knew it was Lillard Time. The star guard made a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left and the Portland Trail Blazers extended their winning streak over the Los Angeles Lakers to 13 games with a 113-110 victory Thursday night. Continue to Article

November 03, 2017 2:50:am EST

Damian Lillard didn't really need to gesture to his wrist. The crowd already knew it was Lillard Time. The star guard made a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left and the Portland Trail Blazers extended their winning streak over the Los Angeles Lakers to 13 games with a 113-110 victory Thursday night. Continue to Article

November 03, 2017 2:49:am EST

It was closer than it should have been in a poor defensive contest, but fans in Portland tonight are humming after a game-winning shot by Damian Lillard with 0.7 seconds left gave the Trail Blazers the win over the Los Angeles Lakers, 113-110. Portland started by giving up a game-tying 3-pointer to Kentavious Caldwell-Pope with 16 seconds left. Lillard, who was always going to take the step-back 3-pointer, released with just 2.6 seconds left on the clock. Continue to Article

November 03, 2017 1:18:am EST