After losing first game to Portland Trail Blazers, Lakers come back strong to win the second game 111-88 inside NBA Bubble here in Orlando. The seven game first round series is tied at 1-1.
Anthony Davis led scored game high 31 points on 13-21 shooting,3-4 from 3pt range and grabbed 11 rebounds just in 30 minutes of playing time.He becomes the 1st Lakers player and 5th player in the shot clock era to record at least 30 points & 10 rebounds in fewer than 30 minutes played as per Lakers PR.
Davis talking about Lakers and his performance
After shooting 5-32 from 3 point lane in game 1,tonight they were 14-of-38 from 3.The Lakers set a new franchise playoff record with 14 three pointers made tonight, surpassing the previous high of 13 on May 8, 2010.
Lakers guard Caldwell-Pope faced lot of criticism after a poor first game,but he bounced back with a efficient 16 points performance on 5-8 shooting in Game 2.He shot 4-6 from deep tonight.
KCP talks post-game with Spectrum SportsNet reporter Mike Trudell
Lakers played solid team defense tonight against one of hot shooting teams inside NBA Bubble, they have restricted high scoring Blazers to just 88 Points and Portland shot 40% from the field on 34-85 shooting.
Blazers super-star Damian Lillard just scored 18points on 1-7 from 3pt before he left the game in the final minutes of Third Quarter with a dislocated left index finger.But Fortunately X-rays came negative and he will be playing in Game 3.