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 to by the Blue Wire Podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius.

And last night, Lakers were seconds away from making it into play in territory for the first time this season.

But Luca Donchich had other plans.

The game started with a rough first quarter for Lakers. Dallas jumped all over. Lakers,

led by 14 after the first. But Lakers battled back, played really good defensive in particular

over the last three quarters. And despite a pretty rough shooting night from LeBron James,

made it all the way back. And then up three with a few seconds left. And we'll get into,

I think, the specifics of this play later because I think it has a subtopic to it that I can't

believe we've never discussed before, but Luca hits a step back three. Similar situation happens

in overtime. Luca sends it into double OT,

and then Dallas eventually outlasts the Lakers. So there have been a lot of these this year,

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