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 to by the Blue Wire Podcast Network. I'm Pete, joined by Darius and Mike. And we're in the last 20 games of this season. And so we're going to take a look around the Western Conference in particular to kind of get a measure of where our

confidence is in terms of these teams playoff viability. As we all know, the playoffs are a very

different season than the regular season. And I think it's interesting to look around the League

D and the West in particular to see who we think will do well, who we think is positioned well

at the time being to go on a run.

I think it's important to sort of look at the top of the conference and who we think can

come out of the conference, right?

And then also in relating it back to the Lakers somewhat also too. Like what is our confidence in the Lakers?

Like we talked yesterday about them sort of being locked in a little bit, at least like on the

edge or right into that back part of the playing. And so they have a path to get into the playoffs

as well. And later on in the pod, I think we'll

talk about some of the comments that LeBron made post game and some of the questions that Frank Vogel

answered at media availability about where the team's head is at as well around some of this stuff too.

But Mike, I want to kick it to you for a second because

A, no one is deeper in the weeds in terms of the standings is you. B, you always have, look, me and

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