After Sunday’s win over the Blazers, the Lakers should take away two key takeaways:

1. You should think about visiting Portland more often
2. They should get Shohei Ohtani season tickets

All joking aside, there is a good reason for “real” games, and the Lakers took full advantage of it on Sunday. Although the Lakers defeated LeBron James and had some weak basketball phases, they ultimately won on the road in the fourth round.

Portland is a very bad basketball team, which helped the Lakers get away with those insignificant stretches while also making it look like a better defensive game than it perhaps was. But there will be no complaints here about how the Lakers win a game against half of their main roster and when all three two-way players get rotation minutes.

So, let’s dive into victory. As always, grades are based on each player’s expectations. The grade “B” represents the average performance of that player.

Dalton Knecht

22 minutes, 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 3-9 FG, 0-3 3PT, +0

We see a lot of ups and downs from Knecht, as you would expect from a rookie. What I like about his game is that he constantly fights for rebounds, whether his shot falls or not.

Other than Anthony Davis, LeBron and Rui Hachimura, no Laker has more rebounds than Knecht. While it doesn’t completely cover up his defensive deficiencies, it does make them a little easier to tolerate.

Grade: B-

Rui Hachimura

39 minutes, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 9-13 FG, 3-5 3PT, 2-2 FT, +31

In the presence of his friend Ohtani, Rui played his best game of the season. He was very active defensively and managed a number of steals while attacking the post on switches.

He was also aggressive on offense and, despite good shots from a distance, was not satisfied with three-pointers. A really encouraging performance from him in this case.

Grade: A

Anthony Davis

32 minutes, 30 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 5 blocks, 10-21 FG, 1-4 3PT, 9-9 FT, +4

It was a lot of AD in the first half that kept the Lakers afloat in some really bad sequences. And that’s on both ends of the floor.

All five of his blocks came in the first half. With LeBron out, the Lakers needed a big AD game and he delivered.

Grade: A

Max Christie

26 minutes, 4 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1-6 FG, 1-4 3PT, 1-2 FT, -9

Christie’s plus-minus was pretty indicative of his night overall. He wasn’t really having it Sunday, and when D’Angelo Russell replaced him on the court, the Lakers had their greatest success.

Grade: C-

Gabe Vincent

25 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 3 steals, 1-4 FG, 1-2 3PT, +16

As someone who was in favor of Vincent starting in Friday’s game, I was against it on Sunday. Putting him next to LeBron is one thing. Starting him without LeBron is completely different and it showed.

The Lakers started terribly in both the first and third quarters. Vincent’s plus-minus was significantly bolstered by the fact that he was on the floor when D’Lo played.

If you play him next to a primary ballhandler, I think you can have success. But he can’t be the primary ball handler.

Grade: C+

D’Angelo Russell

34 minutes, 28 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 steal, 9-17 FG, 5-10 3PT, 5-6 FT, +29

Welcome back, D’Angelo.

After a season full of starts and stops, hopefully this is a start that doesn’t stop. He was another player who needed to develop after LeBron left, and he did a great job of it.

The only negative play he had on the night was the remarkably poor decision to end the third period to throw the ball downfield and give Portland a chance for a shot, which they converted. To compensate for that, he had 13 points and six assists in the fourth quarter alone.

That’s enough.

Grade: A+

Cam Reddish

26 minutes, 6 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2-3 FG, 1-2 3PT, 1-2 FT, +13

In the spectrum of Cam Reddish games, this is as good as it gets. He had some nice passes, especially on fast breaks. He had a few thefts. He knocked down an open three-pointer in the fourth period that was great.

It doesn’t get much better…which is quite a statement about a 6-point game.

Grade: A-

Christian Koloko

16 minutes, 2 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1-3 FG, +5

It seemed like we saw the end of the Armel Traore experience in the rotation on Sunday. Koloko replaced him and went largely unnoticed, which I mean as a compliment. He does his job and offers the Lakers enough in non-AD minutes to survive.

Grade: B

Armel Traore, Quincy Olivari, Maxwell Lewis, Bronny James

As mentioned, Sunday felt like the end of Traore’s rotation minutes. This was another adventure for him and I think Koloko’s even night approach is much more desirable.

Olivari had his first run in the NBA and although he made one shot, I also think it was the right decision not to let him have another stint in the second half.

All four were part of the garbage time group that looked terrible, a recurring trend over the past two seasons. None of them reached the 10-minute limit to receive a grade.

JJ Redick

I don’t think Redick got the starting lineup right as I said above. That led to a really bad first quarter, but he figured out the rotations in the second quarter. He tried again in the second quarter but quickly pulled the plug, bringing D’Lo into the game within two minutes.

Coaches will do things wrong. Recognizing the mistake and adapting is something not all coaches do well.

Grade: B+

Inactive on Sunday: Jalen Hood-Schifino, Christian Wood, LeBron James, Austin Reaves, Jaxson Hayes, Jarred Vanderbilt

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