Hello, Lakers Nation. Merry Christmas. Welcome in to the Lakers Nation.com podcast. We've got Lakers

Warriors Christmas Day matchup. I want to preview that. Yes, dropping this podcast a little bit

early Christmas Eve. I'm going to spend tonight with family. So if you're watching this on

Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas Eve. If you're watching a Christmas Day, Merry Christmas. We've got the big matchup today. Lakers Warriors, both sides looking to

bounce back from a bad loss. Both the Lakers and the Warriors were five and a half point

favorites in their last matchup. The Lakers against the Pistons and the Warriors against the

Pacers and both of them found a way to lose their matchups. So both sides will be looking to bounce back in this big Christmas Day battle. So I want to break down this one, talk a little bit about Lakers Pistons, some of the fallout from that game, what we could take away from it, as well as get into the mailbag. Of course, we also need to update the latest injury report as well.

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All right, let's get into this and to kick things off, the Lakers, the Warriors, right now,

it looks like if you look at over on our friends with our friends,

bet US, the Warriors are currently the favorite in today's matchup.

But it is a home game.

Unfortunately, the Lakers on the road for Christmas Day.

But the Warriors right now, a four point favorite.

It was three and a half just a few hours ago.

But now the Warriors, a four point

favorite. Part of that could be due to the injury report from the Lakers. We'll talk about that

in just a moment, but the Warriors are the favorite at home. Typically, the home team gets about

a point and a half edge just because they are the home team. So the Warriors would be considered

the favorite either way, which is interesting because the Lakers are actually ahead of the Warriors in the standings.

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