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 part 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? Let's go. You're listening to the Laker Film Room podcast.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius, and the Lakers did it.

They win their first round series, 4-2 with the dismantling of the Houston Rockets offense in game

six, leading most of the way.

Dee, I thought they were as sharp as we've seen them, really zeroed in on the game plan.

Jabari Smith Jr. talked about it a bit afterward on how just tight the Lakers game plan was.

And everybody went out and executed on the defensive end, shut Chen Gung down, stayed home a

little bit more on him. LeBron was, I thought, forceful from the beginning. Austin did a great job

of rejecting screens and finding the little gaps in the defense and getting to the rim. And here we

are, D, in a series of Lakers were massive underdogs. Now people did not expect Kevin Durant to miss all but one game. However, every single win the Lakers got in that series, the Lakers were massive underdogs. Now, people did not expect Kevin Durant to miss all but one

game. However, every single win the Lakers got in that series, they were underdogs in that particular

game. And so kudos to LeBron and Austin and Marcus and the whole Lakers roster for the first round

victory and to J.J. Reddick and the coaching staff for being able

to pull this off. Dee, how are you feeling the morning after a huge first round win by our

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