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 Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Mike. And Christmas is the NBA's holiday over the years, right? It's a holiday where there's like, you know, five games back to back. And as a fan,

that's always been one of my favorite basketball days, right? As you put the TV on and whomever

you're with, you know, that's on in the background and, you know, you're stealing glances of

the other games and then everyone you can get cheering for the Laker game and Mike you've worked gosh how many

Christmas games have you worked at this point I guess everyone since 2008 yeah yeah and

the Lakers play pretty much every year yeah no definitely every every year for sure I mean

I guess pending barring the there was one lockout year or no that that that started up before

christmas in it yeah just before christmas so yeah there was a game then and then just the

pandemic one where oh no because they no yeah we played we played Dallas that year yeah of

Dallas who were playing on christmas this year too, yeah. Every Christmas, there you go.

What does your routine look like on that, Mike?

That's got to be tough with family and you got little ones now.

How do you do Christmas these days?

Well, it's always been mitigated some because the Lakers have been home for basically every single one since the boys were born in 2014. There was the exception when Powell went to Chicago and there was that one matchup where it was on the road in Chicago.

And then there was one other, there was one other road game.

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