Lakers coach Mike Brown planned to have the defense, his career-long forte, ready to steady everything early this season while a new offense was installed. Brown's strength has been flat-out weak so far. The Lakers dropped to 0-2 in the much-anticipated Dwight Howard era - dominated by the Portland Trail Blazers, 116-106, on Wednesday night [...]Trail Blazers 116, Lakers 106 is a post from: Lakers blog