PORTLAND, Ore. _ NBA road trips can present grueling, hostile situations for some teams.
For these Los Angeles Lakers they are mostly fun and games.
On Friday night, the Lakers continued their stampede through the Northwest Division on Friday night with a 136-111 win in Portland. They finished 3-0 on their road trip with wins over the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz and the Portland Trail Blazers, and have now won 11 consecutive road games.
Only two seasons in Lakers history have seen longer road winning streaks _ the 1972-73 season when the Lakers won 12 consecutive road games, and the 1971-72 season, when the Lakers won 16 road games in a row.
Anthony Davis and LeBron James left the game with a little more than three minutes remaining, with Davis having scored 39 points _ all of them through the first three quarters _ and James having scored 31.
Portland entered the game having won four out of their last five, but the loss to the Lakers dropped the Trail Blazers to 9-14, while the Lakers improved on their record to 20-3, the best in the Western Conference.
The Lakers' defense was solid on Friday, but it was their offense that buried the Trail Blazers. They made 61.9% of their shots in the first half, and nine out of 13 three-pointers. That helped create a 15-point cushion at halftime.
The Lakers return home to play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday before leaving town again for a five-game road trip that begins on Wednesday.
