What do you think about the Laker team now?

You follow the box scores of the games every day?

Just the Lakers.

You're kidding.

That is really a compliment.

I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face.

You don't smile much out there.

I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. Correct. What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast, brought you by the Blue War Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Mike, no darius today. And yesterday, the Miami Heat took a 1-0-0 lead over Boston with a 118 to 107 win, which were more points than I expected, certainly.

And we got a bit of a plot twist right before the game coming in.

Both teams were relatively healthy, with the exception of Kyle Lowry.

You had a few guys on Miami's injury report and some guys who had been banged up for Boston

as well in the Milwaukee series.

But we thought going into the game, it was just going to for Boston as well in the Milwaukee series.

But we thought going into the game, it was just going to be Lowry out amongst the main players.

And then both Al Horford, due to health and safety protocols,

and then Marcus Smart, due to an ankle issue that happened during that Milwaukee series,

were both out. So two starters go out.

Mike, I think a decent portion of this pod is going to be parsing out what is real from the first game and what translates when those guys come back.

But Boston's lack of depth is something that you had pointed out earlier in these playoffs.

What kind of impact does losing those two guys you think have on a team like

Boston? Well, this is one of the things that sucks about the NBA when you have an injury is that

since there's just five players on the court, losing someone, even of pretty high role players

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