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

Mavs coming up tonight. The Lakers need to bounce back from a tough game against the Rockets and get a win

over Dallas, a depleted Dallas side. We're going to get into what needs to take place in

tonight's game. What is the starting lineup need to look like? Maybe time for a shift there, the trade front, all kinds of other things to get into on today's show.

Joining me today is Editor Extraordinary Daniel Starkand.

Daniel, how you doing?

Good to have you back on the show.

Yeah, absolutely.

Thanks for having me as always.

And I'm doing well.

I hope you are as well.

I am. I am. So the Lakers are going into tonight's game. A five and a half point favorite currently over on BetUS over the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavs lost last night to the Memphis Grizzlies. Now they're playing second night of a back-to-back.

But not only did they lose,

this is already a very injured Mavs side. Luca, he's out with that calf injury. You've got,

Kyrie is out dealing with a back injury. Now Daniel Gafford down with an ankle injury as well,

and that has done a lot to push the Lakers to be a fairly decent favorite

in tonight's matchup. This is a 430 Pacific time tip-off. Make sure you guys come join us over on

the Lakers Nation YouTube channel, YouTube.com slash Lakers Nation, playback.tv slash Lakers

nation as well for our live play-by-play during the game. But Lakers, the favorite right now over the Mavs, five and a half point favorite. If you guys want to get in on it, you can check out BetUS, great sponsor for our show. Use the promo code Lakers Nation. You get 150% sign up bonus on your first three deposits up to $2,000. So go check out BetUS, U.S. Daniel Lakers, five and a half point favorite, Mavs, very, very injured. What do you think about that line? And do you think the Lakers should be that heavy of a favorite going into tonight's game? Yeah, I definitely think they should because, you know, the Mavs aren't only dealing with the injuries.

It's also the second night of a back-to-back, and they were in Memphis last night.

So it's one of those rare games where the Lakers are the road team, but they've actually been in Dallas longer than the Mavs have.

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