Luka Doncic scored 41 points on Tuesday night and the Los Angeles Lakers still lost, because Portland's second unit kept winning its minutes. Jrue Holiday scored 22 off the bench on 8 of 12 shooting with a team-best plus-10, and the Portland Trail Blazers won 136-129.

Portland's reserves outscored the Lakers' bench 48-33 in front of 19,067 at crypto.com Arena. The Blazers are 3-0 and the Lakers fell to 3-1.

Robert Williams III's 14 and 10 in 21 Minutes

Robert Williams III was the other half of it: 14 points on 6 of 8 shooting, 10 rebounds, two steals and a block in 21 minutes. Portland outrebounded Los Angeles 38-31, scored 56 points in the paint to the Lakers' 48 and shot 59 percent from the field (46 of 78), per ESPN's box score.

The Lakers led for 68 percent of the game and were up 73-68 at halftime. Portland won the fourth quarter 34-26 and went 26 of 41 at the free-throw line.

Doncic's 41 and the Rest of the Portland Lineup

Doncic made 12 of 22 shots, 6 of 15 threes and 11 of 13 free throws, with nine assists. Austin Reaves added 26. For Portland, Deni Avdija had 23 points and nine assists, Ja Morant scored 23 on 9 of 13 shooting, and Damian Lillard had 21, including 7 of 11 at the line.

The Lakers visit the Clippers on Wednesday. Portland hosts Memphis on Thursday. Full numbers are in the ESPN box score, and more NBA coverage is on our NBA page.