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Hello, Lakers Nation.

Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast.

I am Trevor Lane, and it is Game Day.

Lakers versus Sons tonight.

The in-season tournament continues.

We are now at the knockout stage.

When or you're out of the tournament should be a really exciting one,

I'm going to talk a little bit about that matchup.

I want to update where we're at in the tournament itself.

And I want to take a big picture look at this team. So a lot to discuss on today's show before I start diving into all of that, though, those of you who are watching over on the YouTube channel, if you wouldn't mind, do me a favor. Hit that like button right now. It takes half a second. Hit that like button. Help get this video out to as many people as possible. And if you're not a subscriber, hit that subscribe button as well. Over on the podcast side, would sure appreciate some five-star ratings and reviews over on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, review list of podcasts. That's also a great way to help out the show. All right. Let's talk a little bit about the NBA's in-season tournament.

Let's update where things are at currently. So the NBA's in-season tournament last night,

we saw some phenomenal, phenomenal games. And I'm going to get to that in just a minute,

because big picture, we need to talk about the IST or the in-season tournament. But here's where things

currently stand. So right now, the Pelicans defeated the Kings last night. And so that means

the Pelicans have moved on to the semifinals in the West. If you see over in the East,

you look at that. Oh, what happened? Oh, bummer.

The Celtics lost. Don't you just hate seeing that? No, we don't hate seeing that. That's absolutely

fantastic. Yes, I would have loved for it to be the Lakers Celtics in the finals. Adam Silver

would have loved for it to be Lakers Celtics in the finals. But I sure didn't shed any tears seeing the Pacers beat the Celtics, knocked them out. I'll tell you what, though, look, Celtics are not, that was a phenomenal, phenomenal game. And the Pacers are through to the Eastern Conference semifinals. Again, we'll talk big picture about the tournament just a moment.

But for the Lakers specific side of this, the way things go now, the Lakers play the

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