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. I'm Pete, joined by Mike.

And last night, Lakers got their fifth win in six nights. Had a 21 point lead at halftime. Really fun.

First shift of the game, they went up big,

extended that lead to close the second quarter. Kind of coasted on the way home. It was Spencer Dinwiddie's debut, another 30-plus assist night, Mike, and just a lot of positive signs

as we head into this last game of All-Star Break. I know, Mike, you are spending your Valentine's Day in Utah, getting in it, as you said, 3.30 in the morning right before the pod. So one more to go before the break. How are you doing? How's the team doing? It was a good win last night. I'm doing 5P. Shout out to all the lovers out there on Valentine's Day. Mine would be my

wife, Annie, and we did a little Valentine's Day thing before I left for the game yesterday.

And she at least has our three boys to keep her with plenty of love today. I think the place to start

is just what's new, and that would be the integration of Spencer Dinwiddie into this group that otherwise looked pretty cohesive based on what we've seen in February and the team now being five and one with a chance to close things out, even without LeBron James, I hear in Utah.

And Pete, I was struck by the fact that Dinwiddie was the lone first sub that came out or that checked in at the six minute mark of the first quarter, kind of like the, you know, the typical sixth man role.

Like, this is our guy. This is our bench, best, best bench player. And with all of the guys that the Lakers have out, and most notably, you know, Jared Vanderbilt, I get it, you know, I think, you know, Torian Prince is there, and he came in a couple minutes later, and Jackson Hayes has been terrific now for a couple of weeks now. It was Christian Wood. They got some minutes as well with how banged up the Lakers are. But didn't what he came in and I thought at first

just tried to feel the game out and didn't push anything, kept the ball moving, got a couple of

assists. He didn't even really take a shot for the first several minutes that he was on the court.

But I thought his style just kind of fit right in offensively to what the Lakers were doing.

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