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. Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. That's right. My name is Mike Trudell and Pete Zias is not here. Therefore, you didn't hear the, what's up, Laker fans? That's only for Pete to do, okay? So we don't start the podcast any other way. But we are

very fortunate to be joined by one, Darius Soriano. I noticed that Pete doesn't often use our last

names. We're first name only like this is. This is for all the insiders. We're all friends here.

Exactly. So I'm watching the first game last night, Milwaukee and Boston, and I start to, I have to pause because I, something's going on with the family. And then the boys are begging to go play catch on the street. And it's about the fourth quarter is about to start. I'm like, guys, this is kind of a tight game. But okay. So I pause it. And, which means cell phone off, right? Because I don't

want spoilers. And I go on the street. We play catch for a while. And then I start to see

Pete and Darius texts coming in rapid in rapid succession. And I already know that that means the

game is, is wild. And by the way, it wasn't that close after like Boston was in pretty firm

control after three quarters.

So all of this is going on.

You, of course, are watching live.

And maybe you can you can take me through that group through.

Because I still didn't go back and look at it as I was fearful of spoilers.

So the way that that game started to unfold, this series, honestly, Mike, like the defense is being played

in this series, a 10-point lead can sometimes feel insurmountable. It's so hard for these

teams to score. Both teams look just stuck in the mud whenever it's a half-court possession.

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