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

Blazers tonight, a chance for the Lakers to get back on track. We're going to take a look at that

matchup. I also want to get into the ideal trade deadline on today's show. The trade deadline

coming up in just about five weeks, February 6th, what would an ideal situation look like for the Lakers coming out of the deadline?

I also want to talk about some of the fallout from Lakers cabs, what we saw in that matchup and get into the mailbag.

So it's a packed show, a lot of stuff to get into today. Make sure you do come join us tonight for Lakers Blazers.

Again, 730 Pacific time.

Join us on the YouTube channel, YouTube.com slash Lakers Nation or over on playback,

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Hang out with us during the game.

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tonight's game. The Lakers an eight and a half point favorite. Pretty solid favorite there for the Lakers against a Blazers side that, well, we know what they're doing. They're rebuilding. They've got a lot to work on there. But again, the Lakers an eight and a half point favorite. I'm going to get into the injury report in just a moment.

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Who's not?

But the Lakers, this is one that you have to win.

You need to, when you are this heavy of a favorite, you have to make sure that you walk away

from the game with the win, especially after just suffering a loss against the Cabs.

The Lakers, they need to get back on track. January is going to be all about stacking wins because I'll tell you what. It's going to get tough when we get into, especially the home stretch. March and into April, the Lakers schedule gets rough. You have to take advantage of matchups like this. Again, the Lakers, an eight and a half point favorite.

Got to get the job done in this one.

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