A Long December
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
A disastrous fourth quarter led to another blowout loss for the Lakers, this time to the Pistons on Tuesday night. Pete and Darius break down the team’s fight to hang in for three quarters, how the loss showed the same flaws that have plagued the team lately, and much more. And then later, the guys zoom out to discuss whether this season can serve as a bridge year for the future and how that impacts the goals of this season and what the team should be trying to accomplish.
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| 0:30.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:33.5 | Do you follow the box cards of the games every day? |
| 0:36.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:37.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:38.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:42.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:47.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:50.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:52.9 | Correct. |
| 0:53.5 | What's up, Laker fans? |
| 0:54.7 | Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. |
| 0:56.4 | I'm Pete, joined by Darius. |
| 0:58.1 | And the last game of 2025 was a familiar one for the Lakers, |
| 1:02.2 | at least over the course of this December, |
| 1:04.1 | with a blowout loss to a more athletic Detroit team. |
| 1:08.9 | I want to spend a good portion of this pod talking big picture stuff, |
| 1:12.6 | but I want to zoom in at least for this first segment on that game and that game only, |
| 1:17.6 | because I think the details of how that game went, there's a lot in it that can really, |
| 1:23.8 | I think there's a lot of truth in it as we turn the calendar to 2026. Part of the reason |
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