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 Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And the Lakers are tantalizingly close to being out of that 9-10 game in terms of the standings. A little help from old Laker, Josh Hart, and them Villanova boys last night

get a win against Sacramento. Lakers are just a half game behind in the standings, but of course,

Sacramento has the tiebreaker, so one and a half games back. But closer than we've been in a minute,

guys, and Lakers have a big weekend coming up that I think is going to be a tough test. The

schedule going forward for the Lakers is

just tough overall. And Mike, you've taught me more about how to read kind of the environmental

factors and conditions going into a particular game. And there are three things about this

Cleveland game coming up tomorrow on Saturday that are little yellow flags for me. First of all,

is the first game back from a long

road trip. This has been an NBA trope for decades. That that's a tough game for a team.

Secondly, a 1230 start local time on a Saturday. We've talked a couple times by I have a theory

that the Clippers lose a small handful of games each season because

they usually have to have the junior slotting on a Sunday or Saturday when the Lakers are in the

evening slot and they always have, you know, they got guys like Kauai and kind of older players

to get ready for an earlier game. I do think that's an advantage for the other team. And then

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