Portland Trail Blazers 106, Los Angeles Lakers 114 — Recap

January 2, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Portland Trail Blazers 106, Los Angeles Lakers 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 POR 31-27 LAL; Q2 POR 20-33 LAL; Q3 POR 24-28 LAL; Q4 POR 31-26 LAL.

Top performers (box score): LeBron James (LAL) 38 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 threes on 15-of-25 shooting; Max Christie (LAL) 28 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-16 shooting; Anfernee Simons (POR) 23 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Deni Avdija (POR) 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Shaedon Sharpe (POR) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · LAL

LeBron James

38 PTS, 3 REB, 8 AST, 7 3PM · 15-25 FG

Scoring · LAL

Max Christie

28 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 9-16 FG

Scoring · POR

Anfernee Simons

23 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-17 FG

Season highs

Max Christie · Season-high 28 pointsLeBron James · Season-high 7 threesMax Christie · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
POR	31	20	24	31		106
LAL	27	33	28	26		114

🧮 How They Scored

PORLAL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.2%Effective FG%55.2%

16.6%Turnover %11.5%

26.7%Offensive rebound %31.3%

0.276Free-throw rate0.163

Box Score

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani Camara F	39	18	4	3	—	1	—	8-13	2-4	—	-9
Anfernee Simons G	37	23	3	5	2	—	4	8-17	4-9	3-3	-5
Shaedon Sharpe G	37	19	5	1	1	—	3	6-16	1-5	6-8	-7
Deni Avdija F	36	19	10	4	1	—	2	8-14	1-3	2-2	+5
Scoot Henderson G	32	12	5	8	1	1	3	4-7	1-2	3-4	+3
Deandre Ayton C	21	6	6	1	—	—	3	3-4	0-1	—	-14
Donovan Clingan C	17	4	3	1	—	1	1	1-2	—	2-2	-1
Kris Murray F	16	3	5	1	1	1	1	1-3	0-2	1-2	-10

Los Angeles Lakers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LeBron James F	36	38	3	8	—	—	4	15-25	7-10	1-2	+4
Austin Reaves G	36	15	8	11	2	—	3	5-15	2-9	3-3	+10
Max Christie G	32	28	3	2	2	1	—	9-16	5-9	5-5	+8
Dorian Finney-Smith F	24	3	4	2	1	—	1	1-6	1-4	—	+11
Rui Hachimura F	23	6	4	3	—	—	2	2-6	0-4	2-2	-3
Christian Koloko C	19	8	8	3	1	—	—	4-8	—	—	+8
Jaxson Hayes C	18	4	6	—	1	1	1	2-4	—	—	+5
Dalton Knecht F	17	6	1	—	—	—	1	2-6	0-3	2-2	-3

🔬 Advanced Stats

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anfernee Simons	Bench	37	23	62.8	25.3	-9.6	10.9
Deni Avdija	Bench	36	19	63.8	20.2	+1.8	13.9
Shaedon Sharpe	Bench	37	19	48.7	27.4	-14.3	5.0
Toumani Camara	Bench	39	18	69.2	14.8	-14.6	9.5
Scoot Henderson	Bench	32	12	68.5	16.4	+6.4	12.3
Deandre Ayton	Bench	21	6	75.0	14.0	-36.4	6.8
Donovan Clingan	Bench	17	4	69.4	10.0	+2.5	11.2
Kris Murray	Bench	16	3	38.7	13.2	-24.8	7.4
Jerami Grant	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robert Williams III	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jabari Walker	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rayan Rupert	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duop Reath	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Los Angeles LakersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LeBron James	Bench	36	38	73.4	33.7	+3.8	19.1
Max Christie	Bench	32	28	76.9	25.0	+14.1	17.3
Austin Reaves	Bench	36	15	46.0	23.2	+16.5	10.6
Christian Koloko	Bench	19	8	50.0	16.7	+17.2	19.5
Rui Hachimura	Bench	23	6	43.6	17.3	+1.7	4.3
Dalton Knecht	Bench	17	6	43.6	17.1	-0.2	-4.7
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	18	4	50.0	11.9	+15.9	5.0
Dorian Finney-Smith	Bench	24	3	25.0	12.1	+21.1	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bronny James	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0