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 War Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And the Lakers start their five-game homestand tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves before playing the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.

It's a big weekend for the team, guys.

Every team that we play on this homestand is good but beatable,

but the Lakers are going to have to be on top of things.

And so starting with that tonight, I'd love to start there.

This is a team that when I look at and project out kind of the schedules of each team.

Minnesota is one of the teams that I have very close to the Lakers in terms of final win total.

So this is a real big one tonight.

And I know you're doing the preview, the game preview for this game for Lakers.com.

Love to hear your early thoughts on Minnesota tonight.

There are some individual matchup things that matter, of course, in terms of this game,

but almost my entire focus around the wolves is still within the context of like standings

watching.

And it's like this last 20 games of the season, it really is like Mike lives like

this. Mike is in this mode 24-7, 365, but I think for people like you and me, Pete, like we

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