Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily. It's another bad loss for Luca LeBron and the Lakers, are they running out of time to turn things around. Meanwhile, I'll ask the guys, who would they pick to take the final shot in a close game? Would they take Anthony Edwards or someone else? Plus, we set up an MVP showdown between SGA and Nikola Yokic. Lock Locked on NBA Daily starts now.

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Let's do it. Let's start with this Lakers lost to the Suns last night. Another bad loss marked by a lack of execution at the end. They lost the magic early in this week in a very similar way. similar way and the Lakers now have lost three in a row.

They're only a game out of slipping into the play in tournament.

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I don't think you're going to find many moments where fans are angrier than they are

on this Thursday evening as we sit down to record after the Lakers lose to Phoenix,

a wildly undermanned Phoenix team with no Devin Booker, no Dylan Brooks.

Joe Jordan Goodwin.

No Jordan Goodwin.

Very undermaned Phoenix team.

The Lakers lose 113 to 110.

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