The Los Angeles Lakers were extremely shorthanded on the second night of a back-to-back against the Portland Trail Blazers.

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The Blazers used a dominant second half and leaned on their superior depth — and health — to breeze past a team playing without seven players.

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Reaves follows his career-high 51 on Sunday with another big night, but the rest of the roster struggles to generate enough offense around him in a 122-108 defeat.