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Download the GameTime app, create an account, and use the code Locked On for $20 off your first purchase. I'm West Goldberg, and today we're talking about the middle of both conferences where teams are fighting to escape the playing in tournament. We're also going to look ahead to an exciting Nick's thunder matchup later tonight, and 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 a senior NBA writer for the action network it's Matt more Matt

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know why like the literal thing is like yeah we don't really know why this just haven't

you been studying platy for a hundred years and you haven't figured out why they glow under a UV light. I think we've learned a lot about Matt's TikTok algorithm this week. Just mostly. I look this up independently, thank you. You looked up whether Platypie glow under UV light? That's a crazy crazy Google search I looked I looked at niche animal facts

to share on the show but thanks for ruining the magic west from the lockdown bulls podcast

he's a bears and bulls creator for bleach report it's hayes I'm an owner of almost 200 pound

akita so I don't worry about other animals I just sick loki on them that's his name is loki so

here you what a bad ass dog name 200 pounds he's 1905 pounds he's almost 200 pounds he's a bears what i

think i think when you're at 195 as a dog you get to round up i think that why why do you own the

the guardians from ghostbusters because literally so Akita's are my favorite breed of dog.

I had an Nikita before, but he was a smaller kid. He was like maybe 130. So I got this one. And from like the time he was like six months old, I was like, oh, this is going to be a big boy. And then he just never stopped growing. Good guy. Well, let's like, well, let's start with today's show and taking a look at the play-in races in both of these conferences. I want to start in the Western Conference. You look at the standings. The Lakers have a two-game lead for sixth place. And then in the play-in spots, you have Phoenix, Golden State, the L.A. Clippers, and then Portland. I want to start with the Sons because they've become number one, one of our favorite teams here on Lockedon NBA Daily.

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