With a plan to lean into for the road ahead, the Los Angeles Lakers return home Sunday to take on the Portland Trail Blazers feeling better about their situation after a shaky start to the season. All it took was a focused fourth quarter Friday in a 122-119 road victory over the Phoenix Suns for the Lakers to walk off the court with optimism for the first time in more than a week. Los Angeles lost its first three games of a four-game road trip, worrying about abysmal first quarters and injuries that have created makeshift rotations in the early going. The Lakers had something close to a full squad Friday, although Jarred Vanderbilt (heel) still has not played this season. Rui Hachimura is back after missing four games because of a concussion, and Anthony Davis played Friday after missing Wednesday's loss at Houston with a sore hip. Davis is probable for Sunday. Jaxson Hayes (ankle) also was back Friday after missing two games. To address the slow starts, Los Angeles head coach Darvin Ham moved guard Austin Reaves into a reserve role and promoted the bigger Cam Reddish into a starting spot. Both produced with Reddish scoring 17 points, including a decisive 3-pointer with 1:10 remaining, and Reaves adding 15 points. We like the Lakers to do well here and get the cover.