Everything you need to know from pregame as Trail Blazers prep for Los Angeles Lakers originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com LOS ANGELES – It was a wild scene before Tuesday night's Blazers and Lakers game tipped off. After Lakers head coach Luke Walton spoke with the media and just as Blazers head coach Terry Stotts was about to start his pregame media availability, it was announced that Magic Johnson had stepped down as the Lakers President of Basketball Operations. Magic held is own press conference pregame.