Lakers rookie Adou Thiero was cleared this week for live on-court contact work as part of his rehabilitation from left knee surgery.

The Lakers will be shorthanded as they get set to take on the Portland Trail Blazers for their fourth game of the season.

Not even one full week into the 2025-2026 NBA season, history was made. Players are racking up high-scoring games at a massive clip, and the Los Angeles Lakers

The Blazers are an explosive young team that has played some solid basketball to start the year, even in the midst of losing their head coach to gambling allegations, with a 1-2 record. Like the Lakers, they are also on the second night of a back-to-back after a 114-107 loss to the Clippers on Sunday.

After the initial stumble against the Golden State Warriors, the LA Lakers have stolen two back-to-back wins. And after a solid 127-120 win against the Sacramento Kings last night, the Lakers will host the Portland Trail Blazers in their first back-to-back game of the season.

The Los Angeles Lakers took on Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena on Friday night in a rematch of last year's first round 4-1 T'Wolves victory. The Lakers were without the services of LeBron James as the ageless wonder sat out due to a sciatica issue.