Hello, Lakers Nation. Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast. It's game day. We've got Lakers

versus Thunder tonight. Can the Lakers finally get back on track for four straight losses for

the purple and gold right now? Man, it has not been a jelly holiday season for the Lakers. That's for sure.

It wasn't that long ago that they had won the end season tournament just a couple of weeks ago, actually.

And now here we are.

Lakers have been losers of five of their six games since the tournament.

Absolutely brutal stuff from the Lakers.

Can they get back on track tonight against the Thunder?

We're going to break down the matchup.

Need to talk a little bit about the injury report.

And, of course, we'll get into the mailbag as well.

First, let me mention this, though.

If you haven't joined us over on playback for a game, you definitely should.

It's a lot of fun. We hang out together. We watch the game together.

We break down everything. If the Lakers lose, we get to commiserate while it's happening.

If they win, we celebrate together tonight's game five o'clock Pacific time. And again,

you can come join us over on playback. Playback.com.combeckers Nation. Come hang out with us during the game. It's a lot of fun. We're going to have Ryan Ward and Sean Davis will be on the call on tonight's game. So come hang out. Playback.com. TV slash Lakers Nation. All right. Let's first get into the injury report, which obviously a big deal, right? Gabe Vincent didn't play last game.

LeBron didn't play last game. Have a lot of guys out. Heck, even the guys who are healthy, aren't really healthy like Rui Hachamura is playing in a mask because he's got a broken nose. Jared Vanderbilt, clearly not 100% still dealing with that heel issue. while the Lakers injury report, it's a busy one, but it's also kind of a positive one, despite having so many different players on it because it sounds like there's a pretty good chance that everybody's going to play. Here's what's on the Lakers injury report right now. Jalen Hood-Chafino, who's been out a while. How many games is he missed

or how many weeks or whatever? I can't say. Why? Because he's not really part of the rotation

anyway. But good to hear that he's at least now probable in terms of being available to play.

Doesn't mean he's going to play, but probable in terms of being available. He's been dealing

with lower back spasms. Jared Vanderbilt, probable, left heel, bursitis. Gabe Vincent, probable. He's been, of course, out with a knee

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