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? Lakers miss a golden opportunity in game two.

And now they want to advance to the NBA finals. They're going to have to win four out of five against Denver.

You're listening to the Laker Film Room podcast, brought to by the Blue R Podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And D, it was right there. We had control of a good portion of that game. There were a couple of stretches where we let go of the rope. And there were a couple other stretches where it was like, we're up eight, but we should be up 13, if not for a couple of, you know, silly plays. But Jamal Murray catches fire. The Nuggets in

general hit like five threes in a row at one point and pulled away in the fourth. We almost

come back, but not quite. Lakers lose by five. Where do you want to start us out? Let's start at the

beginning. So the Lakers changed their starting lineup this game. They took Dennis

Schroeder out of the starting lineup and went back to their OG group of Jared Vanderbilt

joining the core four of DeAngelo Russell, Austin Reeves, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis. And I'm not

exactly sure. I think that helped to a certain extent. Vando made a few plays and he

in terms of just like getting on the backboards and just his size, I think, was more helpful.

But there's so many things to consider about this matchup. It's super interesting. I think you

hit the nail on the head that the Lakers, Mr. Golden Opportunity super interesting. I think you hit the nail on the head that

the Lakers, Mr. Golden Opportunity, Pete. I also think that the nuggets are showing why they were

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