The Los Angeles Lakers are BACK in the NBA Finals after a 10-year absence and a seven-year nadir filled with buffoonery and false hope. This week, we dial up old friends Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) and Anthony Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) of Silver Screen and Roll to talk through Los Angeles' burgeoning love affair with LeBron James and this team, the key factors to the Lakers' tight chemistry, and an NBA Finals matchup with the Heat that I (Mike) can't get a read on, but Harrison and Anthony can.

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