PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Trail Blazers rookie Rudy Fernandez spent the night in the hospital with a bruised chest and injured right hip after a hard foul by the Lakers' Trevor Ariza that led to a brief skirmish between the teams.

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Against the Lakers, Fernandez hit a 3-pointer late in the third quarter that gave the Blazers an 81-51 lead. Moments later, he was driving down the floor. As he leapt toward the basket, Ariza fouled him from behind, knocking him down.

Fernandez curled up in pain at the base of the basket. Portland's trainers rushed to his aid, and his teammates tussled with the Lakers. Odom, who after the game denied leaving the bench, will serve his suspension Wednesday night when the Lakers visit the Houston Rockets.

Lakers center Pau Gasol stayed out of the fray with his eyes on Fernandez. The two were Olympic teammates.

"It was an unfortunate play, and an unfortunate fall," Gasol said.

Ariza was contrite after the game, apologizing to Fernandez.

"It wasn't anything I was trying to do. I wasn't trying to hurt him," he said. "I was just trying to make a play on the ball."

At the Blazers' practice facility Tuesday in Tualatin, coach Nate McMillan would not comment on the NBA's decision not to penalize Ariza further.

"That's a dangerous play," he said. "That's all I'm going to say."

Brandon Roy tried not to let his anger get the best of him because of the team's push to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2002-03 season. Portland and Utah shared the Northwest Division entering Tuesday night.

"The race is too tight to miss any games," Roy said.