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

versus Warriors tonight. Finally, basketball is back. Don't try to tell me what we saw last

Sunday was basketball. That All-Star game was a mess. But fortunately, that's behind us.

And now we've got a big game tonight. Lakers against the Warriors. Unfortunately, no LeBron James. We'll talk a little bit about that. We'll talk about whether or not LeBron should have played in that All-Star game. We'll talk about the Lakers' ability to win without him. Christian Wood also out for the Lakers. He's going to be out at least a couple of weeks. So plenty of things for us to break down on today's show,

including who needs to step up now that the Lakers once again are getting hit by injuries.

Joining me today on our show, it's Mark Dunnells from Lakers Nation. Mark, thanks for jumping on.

And at this moment, are you still just living in victory after your chiefs got it done in the Super Bowl?

Yeah, man.

I'm very fortunate, you know, to be a part of Lakers Nation.

We know all the titles that we have here.

But as of late, my chiefs are looking like the Kobe and Shaq Lakers from the early 2000s.

I know we're going for a three-peat, you know, just like that Kobe Shack team did.

That would be the first team in NFL history to do so.

But even if not, I mean, three titles in five years, I think it's safe to say that we're a dynasty now.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

How confident were you, like when when they went to OT and the Niners settled for a field goal, at that moment, did you just know what was coming?

Yeah, yeah. I think the Niners even knew what was coming, you know, even though they were hoping that they could get a stop in.

I don't know why they got the ball first, especially with the new rules. So now, my homes and they know what they have to do.

And they have four downs because they're going to have to go forward on four down,

obviously, to continue the game.

So that was a crazy decision to me.

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