What do you think about the Laker team now?

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

Just the Lakers.

You're kidding.

That is really a compliment.

I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

You don't smile much out there.

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast, brought you by the Blue R podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And at the end of last week's final pod, I hope that the Lakers would play hard over their two games over the weekend. And they went one for two. And in a practical sense, I'm very much in a let's win the games that we can win. And they did that this weekend. There's not really a version of this team that beats the Phoenix Suns, even without Chris Paul. But there's a version of this team that beats the Washington Wizards, especially playing as they are. And they did exactly that. And so before we get to the absolute butt kicking once again that the Phoenix Suns placed

on the Lakers, I want to start talking about the Wizards game. And in this pot, I want to talk about

the weekend in total rather than just the Phoenix game. Had a homecoming for KCP and Coos.

They had their tribute videos and all that.

But Washington is a team D that does not defend the paint particularly well.

And I thought the story of this weekend was a story of when microball works and when it does

not.

And so let's start on that Wizards game.

I'm curious of your thoughts.

Got another 50 piece from LeBron.

The team in general was pretty animated.

Curious on your thoughts on the Wizards game.

So I think we need qualifiers about the Wizards not being able to defend the paint.

Daniel Gafford was managing some things inside and he was a deterrent at the

basket when he was able to sort of linger around the basket. The Wizards game to me was a lesson in

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