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 Film Room podcast.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius.

And Lakers got their first loss of this season,

following 109 to 105 at Phoenix.

A huge game from KD and Booker.

They were both great. And LeBron struggled D. It was a game where he flirted with, you know, breaking his legendary double-digit streak. He did not and got a three to crawl just over the front of the rim. I think he finished with 11 on the night after splitting a pair of free throws after that was not a huge part

of the offense for most of the stretch. It was mostly Austin, but had a couple of touches where

he wasn't able to really create great look, three for 14 on the night. So third game in four

nights, you know, playing the same team twice in a short period of time. I was encouraged that

Lakers were able to hang around the way they

were in a bad LeBron game. But talk to me about LeBron because there have been parts of this

early part of the season, which isn't necessarily unexpected, but there are some layups

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