Schedule and 2019-20 Results
Regular Season Records: Los Angeles Lakers 52-19, Portland 35-39
Game 1 on Tuesday, 18 August: Portland wins at Los Angeles Lakers, 100-pts-93
Game 2 on Thursday, 20 August: Portland loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 111-pts-88
Game 3 on Saturday, 22 August: Los Angeles Lakers win at Portland, 116-pts-108
Game 4 on Monday, 24 August: Los Angeles Lakers win at Portland, 135-pts-115
Game 5 on Saturday, 29 August: Portland loses at Los Angeles Lakers, 131-pts-122

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 131-pts-122 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1438 victory. With the series 1438 win, the Los Angeles Lakers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 69-31 overall and 8-3 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1438 loss, the Portland Trailblazers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 14-19 overall and 3-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Lakers in series 1438 was LWWWW: Series 1438 thus becomes the seventh NBA Preliminary-round series, the 24th NBA series (all rounds), and the 68th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 135-pts-115 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1438 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 31-1 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 5 record of 20-12. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 0-11 and a Game 5 record of 5-6. The sole loss in 32 best-of-7 NBA playoff series by the Los Angeles Lakers when leading 3-games-1 was in series 977, to the Phoenix Suns in the 2006 NHL Preliminary-round series.

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Lakers visited and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 116-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1438 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 42-5 (with an active eleven-series winning streak) and a Game 4 record of 25-22. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-9 and a Game 4 record of 5-6.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Lakers hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 111-pts-88 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1438 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 24-12 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 3 record of 24-12 (with an active five-Game 3 winning streak), while the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 3-7 and a Game 3 record of 3-7. Tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Portland Trailblazers have seen their Game 3 outcome presage their series outcome in all ten such series in which they've competed.

After Game 1: The Portland Trailblazers visited and bested the Los Angeles Lakers 100-pts-93 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1438 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 10-1 and a Game 2 record of 9-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Lakers have a series record of 11-24 and a Game 2 record of 15-20. In the last seven best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Lakers trailed 1-game-nil, the Game 2 outcome for the Lakers presaged their series outcome (two wins, five losses).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2019-20 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers finished 18.5 games ahead of the Portland Trailblazers. From 1947 through the 2019 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 18.5 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 0-0 (---) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1438 is the 100th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Los Angeles Lakers, and the 33rd for the Portland Trailblazers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Los Angeles Lakers have an all-rounds series record of 68-31, a Preliminary-round series record of 7-3, and a Game 1 record of 64-35, while the Portland Trailblazers have an all-rounds series record of 14-18, a Preliminary-round series record of 3-7, and a Game 1 record of 11-21. Series 1438 is the sixth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trailblazers. Los Angeles won four of the five previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series between these two teams, including the last four such series.