Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome in Trevor Lane here for Lakers Nation.com.

You're home for everything. Lakers, a little bonus weekend Lakers Nation podcast, you know,

coming off of, well, what happened last night against the Dallas Mavericks.

I thought we could use a little reflection and maybe even a little bit more venting to get through that.

Obviously, a lot of frustration out there.

And you know what?

You saw those you watched the live stream after the game, saw my own frustration as well.

Just like all of you, you know, I'm living and dying with every possession right now.

I'm on the edge of my seat, the entire game.

It's rough when you're seeing the team find ways to lose games like that.

But you know what?

A new day always brings some new perspective.

And one of the things that I've been thinking of today in terms of what's what we've seen

happen with this team, what's real and what's not?

I mean, all the optimism we had for this team just, what, a week ago? You know, they were on a three-game win streak. Things were looking good. They're hitting shots. The camaraderie was there. Everything was there. The vibe around this team was fantastic. And now in just two games, I'm seeing a lot of fans say, that's it. Season's over. Say, I don't want to watch this anymore.

I'm not interested in watching the next game.

I am out.

I'm done.

And, you know, they dropped this game to Houston.

And that was, as I said many times, inexcusable.

There's no reason for them to have done that.

That was, I think, the first game where

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