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The Portland Trail Blazers play their first game since the All-Star break Thursday night against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Moda Center. The Lakers pulled off one of the most shocking trades in NBA history before the trade deadline, sending Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks for Luka Doncic.

With many all-time greats coming through Portland, take a look at who is in the top five for all-time playoff games played in franchise history.

LeBron James leads the Los Angeles Lakers (32-21) into a road game against the Portland Trail Blazers (23-32) at Moda Center on Thursday, beginning at 10:00 PM ET.The Lakers enter this matchup on

The Portland Trail Blazers backed into the All-Star break on a three-game losing skid with all three of those Ls came on the road, but now they'll get to host the Los Angeles Lakers at Moda Center, where they're 15-13 straight up.

The Portland Trail Blazers are one of the lowest valued teams in the NBA, according to CNBC’s 2025 team valuation.

The Los Angeles Lakers play against the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center . The Los Angeles Lakers are spending $5,997,067 per win while the Portland Trail Blazers are spendin

The Portland Trail Blazers will come out of the All-Star break Thursday night with a home matchup against the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. The matchup will mark Portland’s first game in eight days, and it’ll give the Blazers an early look at the Lakers’ new superstar duo of LeBron James and Luka Doncic.