PORTLAND, Ore. The Los Angeles Lakers have a few days to rest up and heal some injuries. The Portland Trail Blazers have a long spring and summer to reflect on what went so wrong. The Lakers advanced to the second round of the playoffs with stunning ease Sunday, defeating the Trail Blazers 99-86 to earn a 3-0 sweep of their once-powerful rivals. If we keep playing like this, its going to be very hard to beat us, said Shaquille ONeal, who led the Lakers with 25 points and 15 rebounds. We know what it takes to win a championship, because of the phenomenal season we had last year. Los Angeles, which has won 11 straight games, awaits the winner between Sacramento and Phoenix. These days off will help us recuperate, said Kobe Bryant, who had 22 points and a playoff career-high nine assists but tweaked his sore left side during a fourth-quarter fall. Los Angeles also is hoping to get Ron Harper Ol Man Harper, as Bryant called him back from a left knee injury. In other NBA playoff games Sunday, it was New York 97, Toronto 89, and Sacramento 104, Phoenix 96. The Knicks and Kings lead their first-round series 2-1.San Antonio, leading 2-1 in its best-of-five series, will attempt to eliminate Minnesota on Monday night in Minneapolis. While the Lakers are looking more and more like the favorite to win their second straight title, the Blazers on Sunday completed their puzzling collapse that began in early March, when they lost five straight games and finished the regular season 8-14.The team with the highest payroll in NBA history $89.7 million – faces an offseason of uncertainty. Coach Mike Dunleavy could be fired, some players could be traded, and even general manager Bob Whitsitts job isnt safe. This is the worst the worst thing I have ever had to deal with throughout my career, Scottie Pippen said. It just wasnt a fun season for us. The outcome of it was just a testament to what we had been dealing with all season. Petty jealousies and internal tension ruined Pippens chances for a seventh title, and things got worse late in the season when Shawn Kemp checked into drug rehab and Bonzi Wells was lost for the season with a knee injury. I felt like we had too many challenges, too many obstacles to overcome, Pippen said. Dunleavy, the 1999 coach of the year, likely will be the scapegoat for the teams spectacular failure, but he said he expects to return. Im under contract next year and I fully expect to be back, he said, but added: Its not my decision where I am or Im not. Damon Stoudamire and Steve Smith each scored 25 points to lead the Blazers, and Rasheed Wallace had 13 rebounds but was a major disappointment on offense, missing 15 of 19 shots .