Opening Night Preview
Laker Film Room - Dedicated to the Study of Lakers Basketball
Pete Zayas
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ ? minutes
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Summary
Opening night is nearly here and the Lakers begin their season with a rematch of the Western Conference Finals vs. the Nuggets. Pete and Darius preview the game, focusing on how the Lakers offensive shifts to more five-out looks can help them vs. the Nuggets defense, the challenges of their own transition defense vs. Denver, and the ever present problem of defending Jokic in the halfcourt. And then later, the guys discuss the mindset of the players heading into this game and how D'Angelo Russell's play looms large as a potential pivot point.
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| 0:00.0 | What do you think about the Laker team now? |
| 0:03.4 | You follow the box scores of the games every day? |
| 0:06.0 | Just the Lakers. |
| 0:07.3 | You're kidding. |
| 0:08.6 | That is really a compliment. |
| 0:12.8 | I was pleased to see you smile at the top bar show because once the game starts, you have a game face. |
| 0:17.8 | You don't smile much out there. |
| 0:20.4 | I don't think you have to do things for money anymore. |
| 0:22.9 | Correct. |
| 0:23.6 | What's up, Laker fans? Welcome to the Laker Film Room podcast. I'm Pete, joined by Darius. |
| 0:28.6 | And today we're going to talk some regular season basketball. Basketball is back. |
| 0:32.9 | I'm so excited. And boy, are there a few electricity in the air for opening night, |
| 0:39.0 | D. First of all, |
| 0:41.3 | first game of the season always has that buzz to it, but |
| 0:43.3 | it's not just any first game of the season. |
| 0:45.2 | It is the rematch of the |
| 0:47.2 | Western Conference finals of which |
| 0:49.0 | much has been set by |
| 0:50.9 | both teams, I suppose, at this point, about |
| 0:53.2 | what transpired. We'll talk about that. |
| 0:55.8 | No, it's the Lakers who are running. Yeah. Don't get me started. And then, yeah, there is- |
| 1:02.3 | I'm ready to turn this into an explicit rating podcast. We literally just started. Oh, my God. |
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