LeBron James, a shout in history.

It's 17 NBA championship.

Hello, Lakers Nation.

Welcome into the Lakers Nation.com podcast.

It's game day.

We've got Lakers versus Cavs tonight 430 tip. I guess I should say this afternoon,

one of those East Coast games, the Lakers on a four game East Coast road trip. And that means,

of course, that we're going to see some earlier tip times. So just be aware, yes, it's a Saturday,

but 430 game today for the Lakers. I'm going to break down the Lakers Cavs matchup. We'll get to that in just a bit. The injury report as well, some really important stuff on there. Before I get to that, though, I do want to talk about where this team sits. Currently, we are now 20% of the way done with the season. So what do we know about this Lakers squad? Before I get to that, though, quick reminder, if you haven't done so yet, please make sure you subscribe to the Lakers Nation YouTube channel. Don't forget to turn on notifications. And you can check out our channel membership program, which offers some pretty cool perks, I think. And then over on the podcast side, a great way to help out the show is a five-star rating and review over on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever it is,

let you listen to podcasts. All right, let's get into what the Lakers have done so far. Again,

20% of the season gone by, where are things at right now?

And I'm rounding up to get to 20%.

19.5% of the season.

We want to be exact.

The numbers that I'm putting up on the screen for YouTube viewers,

podcast listeners, obviously you can't see this,

but YouTube viewers, keep in mind that these numbers,

I ran these numbers ahead of Friday night, last night's games. So these may be off just a little bit for the Saturday crowd that's watching this, but this gives us still a pretty good

overall field for where this Lakers team is at. So record is currently 9 and 7. They are currently tied for

7th in the West. Again, that may shift depending on how Friday's games go, but right now,

7th of the West. So right now they are a play in team. If that's the way we won't look at it,

there would not be a proper playoff team at the moment. They would be a play in team.

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