When Katy Stevens left for work Friday afternoon, she figured it would be a night shift like few others in her 10 years as a courtside server at Trail Blazers games.



“I knew it was going to be crazy because it was the Lakers and LeBron James, and Anthony Davis,” Stevens said. “I was excited.”



Sure enough, sales were buzzing midway through the third quarter — she had 18 open tabs — as Blazers fans were drowning their sorrows to numb the sting of a dominant Lakers performance.



It was when she was tending to front-row patrons Ken Stryker and Tori Tello that, in an instant, her night of serving drinks went from stirring, to er, shaken.



After all, it’s not often one of basketball’s greatest players knocks you down, then picks you up, all on national television.



“Honestly, I felt a bump,” Stevens said, “and I thought, ‘Oh, it’s a referee,’ and then I look and I was...