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Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It

Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball

Pete Zayas

News, Basketball, Sports News, Sports

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After the Spurs beat the Thunder three straight times, and with Nikola Jokic out at least a month for the Nuggets, Pete and Darius look at the possible shifting balance of power at the top of the Western Conference. And then later the guys preview the Lakers matchup with the Pistons and how Detroit’s athleticism and physicality will test them on both sides of the ball.

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0:00.0

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0:30.0

What do you think about the Laker team now?

0:33.5

Do you follow the box cards of the games every day?

0:36.0

Just the Lakers.

0:37.3

You're kidding.

0:38.6

That is really a compliment.

0:42.8

I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

0:47.8

You don't smile much out there.

0:50.4

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore.

0:52.9

Correct.

0:53.7

What's up, Laker fans?

0:54.9

Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast.

0:56.5

I'm Pete, joined by Darius.

0:58.2

And D, today we're going to take a little trip around the Western Conference.

1:01.5

We can get so zoomed in to our Lakers, and sometimes we can ignore the same thing that's

1:06.2

happening to other teams around the West.

1:08.4

And so as one of our periodic check-ins around the league,

1:11.1

we're going to do that for the top of the Western Conference. And there are two main things that I wanted to talk to you about. First, a few days ago, San Antonio beat OKC for the third time in a fairly short period of time. OKC team that had started out 24 and 1 is now 0 and 3 against the spurs. And there's a certain amount of, if it bleeds, we can kill it, D, right?

1:30.2

OKC started between... it started out 24 and 1 is now 0 and 3 against the Spurs. And there's a certain amount of,

1:28.4

if it bleeds, we can kill it, Dee, right? Their O-C started between the championship and then

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