Locked on M.A. The Biggest Stories, the Local Experts, every Monday we dig into the biggest stories in the

NBA with the Locked On Podcast Network hosts. Today we'll stop in New Orleans to chat with Jake Madison about the

surging Palikons and Anthony Davis's ankle.

We'll go to Portland to chat with Eric Garcia Gunnison about the Portland Trail Blazers

who are flying high after a big win over the warriors, and lastly we'll head to Los Angeles to talk clippers with Lucas Han as they make a push for the playoffs in the

crazy Western Conference. It's all coming up the biggest stories with the local

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part of the lockedocked on mrs. Hi guys it's Josh Lloyd here the host of Mondays on locked on

MBA also hosts the locked on fantasy basketball

podcast and you can find me on Twitter at red rock underscore beable and I am the

lead analyst at basketball monster dot com we've got a packed show today so let's get stuck straight into it.

I'm joined now by the host of the lockdown pelicans podcast and the host of

lockdown MBA on Wednesday

Jake Madison we're talking about the New Orleans

pelicans who were absolutely flying high but hit a little bit of a speed bump

losing their last two games. Things are extraordinarily tough in the Western Conference, Jake. So these last two losses for the

Palicans haven't been ideal and it puts them really sort of bunched together with the Timberwolves

and the Thunder in that mid-zone.

Anthony Davis returned today.

So what do we make of the loss against the Jazz

that just concluded not that long ago

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