PORTLAND — It's clear Damian Lillard didn't break out of a career-worst slump the way he wanted during the Portland Trail Blazers' 105-90 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Only all-time shot-makers could be a bit displeased with their jumper after hitting six threes.

“I thought I shot the ball better,” Lillard said. “Not as good as I would've liked to for some of the opportunities I got. But I shot the ball better, saw it go in and we got another win, so I feel good about it.”

Just that near satisfaction is more than enough positivity for Lillard right now, though.

He shot 2-of-13 and missed all six of his threes in Friday's nail-biting win over the Indiana Pacers, ceding the offensive reins to C.J. McCollum down the stretch. That much-needed victory ended a three-game losing streak for Portland, but not Lillard's almost shocking individual struggles.

Lillard entered Saturday's game having made seven of his last 35 three-point attempts. He came up short on an almost uncontested dunk against the Pacers and didn't take a single free throw. In the Blazers' frustrating loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lillard essentially threw away multiple easy opportunities to complete his team's late-game comeback. He really did just need any taste of sustained success.

Not as good as he would've liked, fortunately for the Blazers, is Lillard scoring 25 points and shooting 6-of-14 from the three-point line in an easy win his teammates combined for 6-of-41 from deep. Lillard's merely solid 9-of-19 shooting overall seems better than that in the context of Portland's 37.9% from the field overall, too. He also didn't play in a garbage-time fourth quarter, finishing with 31 minutes.

“I thought he was good,” Chauncey Billups said of Lillard. “I thought he was really good. It was good to see, obviously, some of his normal shots go in.”

Just an average night from Lillard is all the Blazers really needed to rout this version of the Lakers anyway. Anthony Davis was a game-time decision with a sprained thumb on his shooting hand, and played just one stint—which was dominated by Portland— in the first quarter before exiting for good with a stomach illness. Los Angeles, remember, had already lost twice to the outwardly tanking Oklahoma City Thunder without LeBron James, who's sidelined by an abdominal strain.

To no one's surprise, Frank Vogel's team didn't exactly look championship-ready—or even play-in-tournament-ready—down two of the 10 best players in the world. A live Moda Center was delighted by Russell Westbrook's all-game, all-court labors en route 1-of-13 shooting and a handful of hideous misses. Carmelo Anthony's return game looked a lot like his worst outings in Portland. These decimated Lakers, throwing out five-man units like Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, Wayne Ellington, Anthony and Dwight Howard, somehow looked worse on the floor against Portland than they do on paper.

Just like Lillard will take six triples, though, the Blazers will definitely take any victory, no matter the quality of their performance or competition. And now that he's feeling good, Lillard's attitude could help him lead Portland to more wins soon.

“Sometimes you gotta stick with it and continue to weather the storm,” he said. “It never ends in one game. It's putting games together and continuing to find that fight, keeping your mind right.”