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 to the Blue R-R podcast Network.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike.

And Lakers fell 116 to 99 in Game 5 in Memphis,

bringing the series with the Lakers having a three-two lead back to Los Angeles.

It was a game that in, you know, all my decades are watching, and we talked about this a little

bit in the preview for the game, that that was a game I would have been very surprised if the

Lakers won the energy battle.

And very much seemed to me a lot like the way that the Miami Heat won their game five

unbelievable eight seed winning in five games I don't think that's ever happened before in a

seven game series those are games where when you're up three one Mike you kind of want to hang

around see if you can steal it at the end and despite their in the first half at the end of the first quarter,

AD goes out, Lakers go down by double digits. Then bring it back to nine and at halftime,

I'm feeling like, all right, it could be worse. It's nine. We're still in contact. Lakers bring it

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