What do you think about the Laker team now?

Do you follow the Fox scores of the games every day?

Just the Laker.

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.

It's up, Laker fans.

Welcome to the Laker Filmroom podcast.

I'm Pete, joined by Darius.

And last night, Lakers got a win that was as intriguing as it was uncomfortable and had some great storylines.

I think the Lakers are facing a bit of a new geometry on

offense. There's nobody that has been guarded like Luca since Prime Kobe. And so I kind of want

to talk about sort of the different attack angles that pop up from a guy who gets doubled as soon as he

crosses half court. Rui continues his assent. I want to talk at least for a segment about him.

Again, I thought it was a very interesting game. We'll get into it as it goes on. What were your

thoughts? The revenge game, that wasn't quite the revenge that we often look for. Oh, Luca's going to

go for X number of points. Instead, Luca played a very controlled and balanced game. I thought he might

have burned hot a little bit at the very beginning. And I don't want to say Pete, like petered out

at the end, but the energy shifted midway through the first quarter going in, well, into the

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