Maurice Harkless made a corner 3-pointer on a pass from CJ McCollum with 1.4 seconds left, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-101.
The Lakers had the ball in a tie game with 33 seconds left, but Seth Curry stole the ball from Alex Caruso. A basket would have put the Lakers ahead.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Lakers 17-14. Harkless scored 12 of the Trail Blazers’ 17 on 3 for 3 shooting and 5 for 5 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Curry had 3 steals, one of them leading to Harkless’ corner 3-pointer that put the Trail Blazers ahead 104-101, and the Trail Blazers scored 5 points off them.
Harkless had a season-high 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks. Enes Freedom added 22 points (15 in the first quarter) and 16 rebounds, and Damian Lillard had 20 points, 8 assists and 3 steals. The Trail Blazers had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Lakers, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had 32 points and a season-high 8 assists.
The Trail Blazers went 19 for 22 at the line to the Lakers’ 11 for 17. The Lakers outscored the Trail Blazers 29-15 on the fast break. The Trail Blazers outscored the Lakers 24-14 in 6 minutes with Freedom, Lillard, Harkless, McCollum and Curry on the floor together. JaVale McGee fouled out.