Los Angeles Lakers Vs Portland Trail Blazers, Game 5 Preview, Lillard will miss a game 5.

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Damian Lillard will miss the 5th game of the series when Portland Trail Blazers are already behind 3-1. He will miss the game due to the right knee sprain and it will be a huge blow for Damian Lillard.

The results of a second MRI confirm Damian Lillard with a right knee sprain. Lillard is listed as out for Game 5.

— Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) August 25, 2020

 

Now Lakers have the big chance to win a series and advance to the next round. There were some injury issues for both teams in the last game. Damian Lillard's injury is big that he can not play in game 5. Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis faced some injury issues in this game but Anthony Davis will play in game 5. 

Los Angeles Lakers got a dominating victory in the last game and they are now in a great form. All players are playing too well in series just the first game was bad for them for Lakers. LeBron, Anthony Davis, and Kyle Kuzma played very well with very good efficiency from shooting in a game. Which is very good news for Lakers and not good for Portland Trail Blazers.

Portland made into the playoff with the huge help of their star point guard Damian Lillard and also they won the first game due to the help of Damian with his crazy long-range shooting in a game. 

Lakers' players will face fewer difficulties to guard their guard in the absence of Damian. CJ McCollum already faced some injury in this bubble environment and he is not playing at his best. LeBron played like a playoff LeBron in the last game. There is no one who can guard playoff LeBron in the Portland Trail Blazers' team. 

For Portland to win Nurkic, McCollum, and Anthony has to play at their highest level and bench players must have to step up for them in the next game but Portland doesn't have bench core like Lakers which means Lakers are already in driver position in a series.

CJ McCollum, Carmelo Anthony, and Nurkic must have the big scoring game to win just like Murray and Nikola Jokic did in the fifth game against Utah Jazz. They both scored 73 points in that game which were more than half points for their teams. 

Lakers are now favorite to win the next game and advance to semifinals of the Western Conference.