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LeBron James says he's bending his game to fit around Luca.

But is he really?

We'll talk about the Lakers who have won three games in a row.

Meanwhile, the coach of the year race is stacked with worthy candidates.

We'll talk about who should be considered the favorite for the award so far this season.

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Welcome back to Locked-on NBA Daily, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, now the number one sports podcast network. However, you're tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app. Thanks for making us your first listen every day. Today's episode is brought to you by Fanduald. Before tip off, check the Fandualt app and see what's dropping during NBA happy hour every Friday from 6 to 7.30 p.m. Eastern. I'm Wes Goldberg. Today we're talking about LeBron,

telling reporters that the Lakers are Lucas team, the current coach of the year race, and a scary losing streak happening in the Eastern Conference. 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. Matt.

Wizards with her 10th win.

It's happening.

Wiz Hive is happening. So excited. I don't know if it deserves the full air horn from the soundboard, but we'll give it a one more. From the Lockdown Bulls podcast, he's also a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Report. It's Hayes. Last last night was fun who would have thought that

a matchup against the yeah against the different nuggets and stuff would have been that

that's exciting but nonetheless it was a fun some fun set of games last night I said

different nuggets from about Dallas and Sacramento King Naji Marshall taking over in

the fourth quarter like we all expected huh yeah it was a sad out a sad off. That game was just a massive sad off. Like I felt I was like, as I went to get a snack during one of the commercial breaks, they kept thinking to myself, I was like, do you think Peacock executives are like, we got the NBA? And now we're like, oh, man, we got the NBA.

It was a fun game.

The thing that was most criminal about that game is who looked at an 11 p.m.

Eastern start time and said, Dallas Maverick, Sacramento Kings, that's your matchup there.

Stay up for that one.

That's the one I woke up early to watch.

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