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00:00 I'm Jill Painter Lopez with Melissa Rowland of Sports Illustrated.
00:06 And Melissa, the Lakers have been in the NBA bubble in Orlando for just about a week now.
00:11 What are your impressions of the first week?
00:12 It's crazy that it's almost been a week.
00:14 That's really flown by.
00:16 Well, let's start out with some serious news.
00:19 Lakers coach Frank Vogel addressed Rajon Rondo being out six to eight weeks with a fractured
00:23 right thumb.
00:24 He felt very confident that they'll get him back either in the first or the second round
00:28 of the playoffs, which obviously would be huge for the Lakers.
00:31 The Lakers actually had an off day yesterday and we saw Dwight Howard and Javale McGee
00:36 hanging out by the pool.
00:38 Dwight Howard did an Instagram live.
00:40 He talked about a lot of interesting things.
00:43 One thing he addressed was the irony of him being in Orlando, the team where he spent
00:48 the first eight seasons of his career, was not lost on him now that he's back there with
00:55 the Lakers, playing for the Lakers, because the Lakers actually were the team that he
00:58 initially left Orlando for.
01:01 So he said that's been pretty interesting and funny for him to reconcile.
01:05 He said he's really excited to help lead the Lakers, hopefully, to another championship.
01:09 Obviously, the Lakers haven't won since 2010.
01:12 So he said everybody's just in very serious work mode trying to get the job done.
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