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00:00Let's go elsewhere out to the Rose City in Portland. The
00:03Lakers on the second leg of a back to back of course playing
00:05in that standalone game to return the NBA from the All-Star
00:09break on Wednesday night at home. Disappointing loss as a
00:12double digit home favorite against the Charlotte Hornets.
00:15Donny, as we sat here yesterday, around 10am Eastern time for a
00:19game that would not tip for 12 hours up in Portland. We were a
00:23little bit skeptical that the Lakers would have both LeBron
00:26and Luka in the lineup. They were only a three and a half
00:29point favorite against the Trail Blazers. Luka didn't play
00:33still trying to nurse that calf injury and return. Not exactly
00:38the best look. LeBron James did play and at the age of 40, yet
00:42another 40 point performance to lead LA to a victory up in
00:46Portland 110-102 the victory for the late show over the Blazers.
00:5240 points for LeBron, his second 40 point performance at the age
00:57of 40. DRS the first player in the NBA to turn 40 and score
01:03multiple 40 point games.
01:05Yeah, he's been amazing throughout his career. And also
01:07we were worried about would both of those superstar players as you
01:10said for the Lakers even make the trip to Portland and play
01:12which they did. And by the way, Portland, you have to know the
01:14second half was actually starting. Because why? You
01:18scored 15 points in the first quarter. That's not good enough.
01:21So 28 to 15 right away when you're supposed to be the young
01:24rested team when an older vet veteran team without all of
01:28their starters come to town here. That's an embarrassing
01:30performance. And this game did get real close here late by the
01:33third quarter. Good for the Lakers pulling it out winning
01:35the fourth quarter by seven points and winning the game by
01:37eight points overall. But LeBron James, he is a wonder man 40
01:41points at that age carrying that team because it starts to look
01:44like, hey, you know, LA is full of superstars. My man one with
01:47Jackson Hayes, Austin Reeves, Rui Hachimura and Dorian Finney
01:50Smith. He goes, you know what, I'll play the 36 minutes. I'll
01:53take 24 shots. I'll score 40 points here. I got to do
01:56something to help these guys out.