GAME NIGHT: Houston Rockets' Season DERAILED as Fred VanVleet Suffers ACL Tear | Can Amen Thompson Save it?

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In this episode of Locked On NBA Game Night, hosts Nick Angstadt and Camille Davis discuss the devastating news of Fred VanVleet's ACL injury and its implications for the Houston Rockets. They explore who needs to step up in VanVleet's absence, with a focus on Amen Thompson and Reed Sheppard.

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0:00.0	On today's Lockton NBA Game Night, the Rockets lost their most valuable player in Fred Van Vleet.
0:04.6	What does that mean for their season?
0:05.6	I'll tell you on today's Locked NBA Game Night.
0:08.1	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for Locked-on NBA Game Night.
0:13.3	All the post-game reactions to every game across the league, every single night.
0:18.2	With insights only the hosts that locked on can provide.
0:21.7	It's the true NBA fans one stop for all the actions.
0:26.1	Every game, every night.
0:28.3	It's locked on NBA game night.
0:30.8	Tipping off now.
0:34.3	And welcome your lockdown NBA game night.
0:36.7	My name is Nick Engstead, host of the Locktime Mavericks
0:38.3	podcast, part of Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network going. Thank you for helping us
0:45.5	get that to that point. Your team every day here at Lockdown. Thanks for being it every day or making
0:49.9	Lockton NBA your first listen. And joining me, as always for the great Lockdown Buck show.
0:54.0	What did you see in the NBA tonight, Camille Davis? Sadness. Sadness, because we can't turn injuries off. We're not even in the season yet. Injuries, man, they suck. Not even started yet, not even to training camps yet. And we're still... Not even media day. We're just dealing with it. Today's episode is brought to you by Fanduel.
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1:17.6	We're going to talk about Fred Van Bleet.
1:18.6	We'll talk about what, who needs to step up for Fred Van Bleet in his absence.
1:21.6	We'll talk about what it means for the Rockets. We'll talk about who fills out the lineup now. We'll also play Count It Up, where we count out the most interesting fun things in the NBA, including Trey Young and Patrick Beverly, the feud we didn't know what we needed. They came out of nowhere. We'll talk about that, but let's start here, Camille. According to Shams Sharania, Fred Van Bleet, and it just came out of nowhere. It was just like, hey, this happened, boom, all of a sudden, like, it just dropped.
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