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Feb 2024
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Before the Break

PETE ZAYAS
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The Lakers enter the All-Star break with a 30-26 record and real momentum. Pete, Mike, and Darius reflect on the team to this point, highlighting the challenges and growing pains on offense, the shift towards bigger lineups, the individual play of Austin Reaves and D'Angelo Russell, and much more. And then later the guys discuss the last part of the season and the choices the coaches will be confronted with in terms of lineups and the rotation as the team gets healthier. 

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