Trail Blazers Beat Lakers 136-129 to Hand Los Angeles First Loss Despite 41 Points From Doncic

The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 136 to 129 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, October 27, 2026, handing the Lakers their first loss of the season. Portland improved to 3-0 and Los Angeles fell to 3-1, in a game between two teams that had both started the season unbeaten.

Luka Doncic scored 41 points for the Lakers, but Portland shot 59 percent from the field, won the rebounding battle 55 to 35 and outscored Los Angeles 34 to 26 in the fourth quarter to close out the win in front of 19,067 fans.

Doncic starts fast

Doncic scored 16 points in the first quarter as the Lakers won the opening period 38 to 32. He finished with 41 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists in 36 minutes, shooting 12 of 21 from the field, 6 of 14 on three pointers and 11 of 13 on free throws. Doncic came into the game after scoring 52 points in the Lakers win against the Utah Jazz.

Austin Reaves added 26 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists for Los Angeles. Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 17 points and Walker Kessler scored 13 for the Lakers.

Portland answers in the middle quarters

Portland responded across the middle of the game. The Trail Blazers won the second quarter 36 to 35 and the third quarter 34 to 30, trimming the Lakers lead across both periods. Los Angeles still took a 103 to 102 lead into the fourth quarter, a margin of one point with the game open for either team.

That pattern held until late. Portland had the better shooting night as a team, and its edge on the boards kept giving it extra possessions while the Lakers leaned on Doncic and Reaves for scoring.

The finish

Damian Lillard, Toumani Camara and Deni Avdija hit three pointers in an early fourth quarter Portland run. The game was tied at 121 with less than four minutes to play. Lillard then hit another late three pointer after the Lakers failed to get a stop they needed, a shot that Silver Screen and Roll described as the dagger in Portland's win.

Avdija was Portland's listed top performer with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists. As a team, Portland made 46 of 78 shots from the field and 18 of 36 three pointers. The rebounding gap was wide: 55 boards for Portland against 35 for the Lakers, on a night when Los Angeles needed second chances late.

For Portland, the win is a third straight victory to open the season, earned on the road in Los Angeles. For the Lakers, it is a first defeat after three wins, despite 41 points from Doncic and 26 from Reaves.