Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily on today's show.

The vibes are good in Golden State and in Milwaukee, but which team is closer to a title?

Plus, do the Knicks need to get more out of Carl Anthony Towns to compete for a championship

and why the Rockets, Mavericks, and Timberwolves all have the same problem.

Let's jump in.

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However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app, thanks for making us your first listen every day. I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about some teams that might need to be pressing the panic button. We'll look ahead to the Timberwolves, the Mavericks, and the Rockets and what they all have in common. We're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts, I have two of the best with me, as always,

from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's the senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt. I thought my Wizards were going to get done. I thought I was going to happen. And then Tyrese Maxie stole it. Stole it from him. But still, Alex Sarr, Kishan George, let the young guys play.

Lizards are good.

Sarr dunked on Joel Embed early in that game from the Locked on Bulls podcast. He's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report of Taze. The Wizards are not good. They're not good at all. Now, they will be good in a few years, but they're not good now. They're fun to watch. Not good. We are. Oh, dare you, sir. We'll be talking about some teams that are also not good here in a second. Let's start with some teams that are good. We're going to start in San Francisco where the Warriors blew out the Clippers 98 to 79 last night. They're in the Clippers their second blowout loss of the season. But on the other hand, the Warriors improved a four-in-one,

and according to Lockdown Warriors, look every bit a contender.

This is not a great Clippers team, and they're not a threat to the Warriors,

if both squads are healthy, in my opinion.

This is the back night of a back-to-back, a Clippers team that should be fresh and ready to go.

And the Warriors really controlled the whole thing other than one ugly stretch in the second quarter.

So, you know.

Light work.

Right.

And nobody had to be spectacular for this to happen.

All the Warriors need to beat a lot of teams is everybody to be pretty good.

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