Good morning. Merry Christmas, everybody, and welcome to Lockdown NBA Daily.

On this special episode, we're breaking down an awesome slate of Christmas Day games.

Can the Cavs prove they belong in the same conversation as the Knicks?

Will the thunder bounce back against the Spurs or lose to them for the third time this month?

Plus, will LeBron James and Steph Curry add another chapter to their story Christmas Day careers.

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The Lockdown 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. I'm Wes Goldberg, and this is our special Christmas Day episode, breaking down a great slate of marquee games. We're going to talk about the key matchups, X factors, and make our predictions for each of today's five games. 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 Moore, Matt. Happy holidays. If you're celebrating, I know a lot of people listen to us when they're working.

So if you're working on Christmas,

which a lot more people than you think have to do,

I just want to let you know,

like,

we see you,

we hear you,

hang in there.

If you're working and it helps other people,

thanks for doing it.

Appreciate you. Hope you're having a safe and happy holiday anyway.

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bulls creator for bleach report it's hayes yeah i want to i want to echo those sentiments for the people

that do have to uh work on christmas i hope you guys are having a great and amazing uh work uh day and

hopefully he goes through fast i uh i picked up my groceries so what i paid my my sorry I picked up my groceries and I was telling the guy, I was like,

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