Dalano Banton scored 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers ended the season with a 109-81 victory over the playoff-bound Los Angeles Lakers, playing without Luka Doncic and LeBron James.

The Lakers are down 89-61 at the end of the third quarter, and they're being outrebounded 44-37 and have given up 24 offensive rebounds. Knecht is their leading scorer with 20 points, and he also has eight rebounds.

The Portland Trail Blazers began Sunday by announcing a multi-year contract extension for coach Chauncey Billups and closed the day with exit interviews. In between, the Blazers, minus seven key players, won 109-81 over the Los Angeles Lakers, who also sat key players, including Luka Doncic and LeBron James, at the Moda Center.