LOS ANGELES — It took a little longer than conventional wisdom suggested, but the Portland Trail Blazers eventually ran away from the shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena.

The Blazers used a dominant second half and leaned on their superior depth — and health — to breeze past the Lakers 122-108 before a sellout crowd of 17,927, earning their first road win of the season.

After a grimy, helter-skelter first half heavy on bricks and fouls, the Blazers started to take control in the third quarter, then pulled away in the fourth. It resembled the beatdown the Blazers (2-2) handed the Warriors last week, except this time it had more to do with injuries and absences than age.

The Lakers (2-2) played without seven injured players, including All-Stars Luka Donč

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