 Mavericks Lakers was a big game last night. The game's in Toronto, Michelle. Oh, it's in Toronto. I have it at Bulls. I'm the worst person ever. Okay, well, you can still go. Lakers, this is a big one, 127, 110. Anthony Davis, 23, 12, and nine. D'Angelo Russell, and that is where we're gonna start, had 29 points. So we got AD, we got LeBron. We expect certain things from both of them. But then Lou, you have a night like that from D'Angelo Russell, and he seems to be the target point. Is he gonna get traded? Is he staying, starting lineup? What are we doing? Then he gets 29. What are we supposed to think about this? That's the gist of the curse in D'Angelo Russell, right? A lot of times, looking at the highlight reel, those are pull-up threes in transition. They look great and they're fun when you're making those shots. When you're making big-time shots like that, it energizes the crowd. But those same possessions in tight games, or when you're trying to get rolling in the game and to pull up threes in the transition, they're not falling, these are gonna be considered bad possessions. And so he just gotta find a place where he's consistent, where he finds a rhythm, where he can give them 20 to 25 points a night in these games and give them opportunities to win. But last night, he was cooking, he was shooting the hell out of the basketball, and he was the best player on the floor last night. I feel like the deja vu all over again, but now the Lakers have won back-to-back games against contenders in the West. They're at 500. In fairness, we've not ever really officially ruled them out on this show here. But Lou, are they doing anything for you? I know, right? Expectation-wise, is anything changing for you? Is it leaning more positive? Where are you? Yeah, listen, I've been consistent in saying this the entire year. You're never gonna bet against the Steph Curry-led team, and you never bet against the LeBron James-led team. You know, these teams, they always find ways to win. These guys are decorated veterans in our league. They've been the source of entertainment for years and years and years that you can even think of. And so to count a LeBron James-led Lakers team out, it's crazy, you know, when you get these nights like this from DeAngelo Russell, AD is gonna have big nights where you explode. LeBron James is gonna remind you on a number of nights of why he's one of the best players in the league at his age still. So you never can count this team out. They're always gonna give themselves an opportunity to find those windows to put great games together. And Shams, we are at the halfway point of the season, which is hard to believe, and they're sitting there at 500, which we know is not gonna sit well with LeBron James. The urgency to do anything at the deadline doesn't feel quite like last season, but are you expecting some movement? It doesn't feel like last season because I think from a talent perspective, this team does have a lot already on the roster based on what they did last season. But last year around this time, Anthony Davis, LeBron James, they had missed time in the lineup, AD especially. And this year both have been fully healthy. And I think the fact that they're fully healthy, and we saw the way Anthony Davis played last night, 28 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists. He's had five assists or more in four of his last five games. He's shooting efficiently from the field. He's been absolutely dominant as a performer. And the fact that they're fully healthy right now, they haven't ran into, from those two guys, they haven't ran into significant injury issues. And LeBron James being 39 years old, I think you have to have a level of urgency for the Lakers to seize this championship window that you have with the healthy LeBron James, with the healthy Anthony Davis, and whether that's the Dejante Murray, Zach Levine. There's gonna be a slew of guard players in the back court. I think you're gonna see, you know, the Lakers look into more and more as the weeks continue, but adding another piece, whether it's on the bench, whether it's a frontline starter, caliber player, I think that's gonna definitely be a focus for the Lakers. Lou Dallas obviously goes in last night with the better record. They come out with a loss. It happens, can't win all of them. But did you see anything that maybe would lead you to believe there's something a little more concerning with this Maverick's team as constructed? No, it just looked like a bad night. You know, if you do anything 82 times in a year, you're probably gonna do it bad a few times as well. That's all I saw last night, nothing glaring to me. This is a regular night in the NBA. The Lakers were just a better basketball team and D'Angelo Russell played out of his mind and they got a big win.