In this Purple Blood episode, we review Game 13 vs. the New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers got a win on the road after struggling against a depleted, young, athletic team (again). AD was himself with 31 points, Dalton Knecht, starting in place of an injured Cam Reddish, looked like an NBA star with 27 points. Lebron James had another solid performance, marred by 6 turnovers. Gabe Vincent became cardio Gabe again.

In this Purple Blood episode, we review Game 12 vs. the San Antonio Spurs. The Lakers got a win on the road after struggling against a young, athletic team (again). Lebron James lead us to victory, with his forth triple double in a row, marred by 7 turnovers. AD was superb, which is becoming usual, with 40 points. Gabe Vincent showed up!

In this Purple Blood episode, we review Game 11 vs. the Menphis Grizzlies. The Lakers got a win at home after struggling through the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Lebron James lead us to victory, with his third triple double in a row, and Dalton Knecht came through from the bench with an impressive 5-5 from deep, two of which turned the game around. Gabe Vincent did not show up, and Rui had great shooting performance reminiscent of early this season.

In this Purple Blood episode, we review Game 10 vs. the Toronto Raptors. The Lakers got a win at home but lost AD to yet another eye injury. Lebron James lead a great 2nd half, notching his second triple double in a row, and DLo again came through from the bench with scoring and distribution. The best player overall was Austin Reeves, who continues to impress with his effectiveness on both ends. Gabe Vincent showed up, and Cam Reddish proved worthy of his coaches confidence in him as a starter going 5-7. Rui had better get busy before Vando or Wood comes back.

In this Purple Blood episode, we review Game 9 vs. the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers. The Lakers got a win at home against a depleted Sixers squad that was missing their best two players: Embid and Maxey, with Paul George on restricted minutes. Starting in place of an inconsistent DLo was Cam Reddish, which makes this year start to feel earily like last year. Great performances by Anthony Davis, Lebron James and Austin Reeves, with DLo pouring in 18 from the bench.

In this episode of Purple Blood, We review Game 8 vs. the Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers got beat down by yet another young, athletic team. We looked listless and lacked energy. With AD and Rui out, we had nothing.

In this episode of Purple Blood Lakers Podcast, we lament the beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Pistons, a young, athletic, aggressive team of which there are many in the NBA. We just have to move past this one and see how we respond on Wednesday against the young, athletic, aggressive Memphis Grizzlies.

In this Purple Blood episode, we discuss Game 6 vs. the Toronto Rapters, a win, but barely, against a short-handed team. RJ Barrett and Grady Dick went off on us, and we need to find ways to slow down hot players, because we nearly lost this game, after blowing them out in Q1.

In this episode of Purple Blood, we lament the Lakers second and worst loss of the season, featuring horrible passing. Finally, Donna Wright (who's always right) and I get into an argument about Klutch. This won't be our last argument.

On this episode of the Purple Blood Lakers Podcast for Lakers Fans by Lakers Fans, we discuss our first loss of the season, featuring a struggling LeBron James, solid contributions from AD, AR and Big Body Rui, and a poor outing from our young bench.