Hello, everybody. Welcome and happy Friday. This is the Lakersnation.com podcast. I am Trevor Lane.

We're going to kick off the weekend talking some Lakers basketball. We're going to talk LeBron, Anthony Davis, going for the gold medal.

Talk about LeBron and Steph Curry. Maybe a sign of things to come there. We talk about the lakers their christmas day game

but a bunch of other topics today i've got joining me guys ron gutterman and mark guttles guys

how are we doing what's up how you guys doing how's it going well do well happy to see you guys

here and a lot going on.

We've got the U.S. going for the goal.

But I guess let's start there because I'll be honest.

I am still, I'm still buzzing over that win against Serbia yesterday.

One of one of my favorite basketball games, I think, I think ever, not my favorite, but it's up there.

That was an amazing and just incredible fun game.

Let me get your thoughts, your reaction to that U.S. win over Serbia.

Mark, let's start with you.

Steph Curry is a Laker.

How about that?

No, yeah, it was a great game. I think Team USA got very fortunate, the fact that Serbia missed

a lot of three-pointers in the second half, because they did have a lot of good looks,

especially Yokic, I believe it was 0 for six from three in that game. If you make a couple of

those, this game may be look totally different. But I think in the second half, Joel NB really kind of changed the momentum of the game. You know, he's kind of been a much maligned figure throughout these Olympics, obviously. But he did step up. He imposed it as well. He made some jump shots. I think, you know, obviously that rivalry between him

and Yokic, I think he takes that very personally. So that may be a little added sauce to that. And then

LeBron, you know, triple double, just setting the pace, playing his old man game at his own pace,

not rushed at all, made some key buckets in the fourth quarter. And then obviously

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