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(Sports Network) - The two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers will attempt to halt their first losing streak since the All-Star break when they visit playoff-bound Portland this evening. The Lakers lost their third consecutive game on Wednesday and fell to 17-4 since the break when Monta Ellis scored 26 points and David Lee posted 22 points and 17 rebounds, as the Golden State Warriors picked up a rare win over Los Angeles, 95-87. The outcome, coupled with the Spurs win over Sacramento, clinched the top seed in the Western Conference for San Antonio. The Lakers, who were led by Kobe Bryants 25 points, had won 12 in a row against the Warriors, but the trio of Ellis, Lee and Stephen Curry (20 points) sent LA to the third straight loss. They played better than we did, Bryant said bluntly. We missed a lot of shots tonight. Andrew Bynum recorded 13 points and 17 boards, while Pau Gasol had 18 and seven in defeat for the Lakers, who still have a two-game edge over Dallas for the second spot in the West. Portland, meanwhile, won for the third time in four games on Thursday when Gerald Wallace scored 29 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead a balanced attack as the Trail Blazers beat the stumbling Utah Jazz, 98-87, in Salt Lake City. Nicolas Batum added 21 points and Wesley Matthews totaled 18 for the Blazers, who rebounded from Tuesdays loss to Golden State and are battling for playoff seeding. Portland currently sits in sixth place in the Western Conference, a half-game ahead of New Orleans. I thought tonight our guys came out and played, Blazers head coach Nate McMillan said. You know, we got a little sloppy there for a minute but made some plays. I thought Nick [Batum] brought some offense, [LaMarcus Aldridge] established himself in the paint, and Brandon [Roy] gave us some scoring in that first half. The Lakers have won all three of their meetings with the Blazers so far this season and will be attempting to sweep Portland in the season series for the first time since the 1988-89 season. LA is just 4-15 in the past 19 contests in Rip City. cheap nfl jerseys . Theyll shoot for another positive result when they host the Minnesota Wild in tonights clash at Rogers Arena. wholesale jerseys . The first match will take place on October 25th in Edmonton and will be followed by a second match on October 28th in Vancouver. http://www.wholesalechinatmall.com/. Craig Smith scored at 4:43 of overtime to give the Predators a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. cheap jerseys . The wide receiver was placed on the reserve/non-football illness list Saturday, ending his season with two games left and after he missed practice time this week for "personal reasons. cheap jerseys from china . Kehls goal came against the run of play in the 58th minute when he swept the ball over Freiburg goalkeeper Oliver Baumann from around 25 metres with his left foot. "We didnt really have any shots on goal.DOHA, Qatar -- Seventh-seeded Simona Halep of Romania will chase her seventh career title when she plays sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany, pursuing her fifth trophy, in the Qatar Open final on Sunday. The 10th-ranked Halep trailed 5-2 in the first set but won seven straight games before defeating second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday. Kerbers 6-1, 7-6 (6) win over fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia kept up her record of not losing a set this week. Halep, who won all six of her career titles last year, won seven straight games to take a 7-5, 2-0 lead in the semifinals. "I played six finals last year and I am more confident with myself now," Halep said. "I just keep focused to play like its (the) first round, and I think thats the secret -- to play without pressure, just to keep focused and to be happy on court." Once Halep calmed her nerves she showed off the diversity in her game with power shots, touch shots, drop shots and the patience needed to reach her first final of the year. "At 5-2, I said that I have nothing to lose anymore and to changge the tactic," Halep said.dddddddddddd The fourth-ranked Radwanska, who was making her third consecutive appearance in Doha, has yet to advance to the finals at this tournament. "She was making unbelievable shots from nowhere," Radwanska said. "I didnt know what to do to end the point, because she was everywhere." Kerber has her second final of the year. She lost in the Sydney final to Tsvetana Pironkova last month. Jankovic broke Kerbers serve in the fifth game to win her only game of the first set but struggled with her own first serve. The second set was more evenly contested with both players losing serve on two occasions. "I was just happy I won the match in two sets," Kerber said. "Jelena was playing unbelievably well in the second set." Kerber served for the match at 5-4 but Jankovic broke serve to even the score at 5-5. Kerber had two match points in the tiebreaker. She won with a net cord shot which Jankovic could only watch. "I think I was just lucky and happy that the ball goes over the net on the other side," Kerber said. ' ' '