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🗓️ 21 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Fantasy playoffs bring crucial stream strategy decisions as chaotic NBA schedules shift the competitive edge. Can maximizing “quality games” with Houston Rockets’ four ideal matchups, or savvy swaps for Utah Jazz players, give your team the upper hand? Josh Lloyd breaks down the optimal schedule plays, highlighting why fringe assets from the Phoenix Suns or LA Clippers—limited to just two games—are potential dead weight, and why explosive moves with single-slot streams can be the secret sauce to victory.

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0:00.0	Let's take a look at the NBA's week 19.
0:05.3	Match up 18 for some.
0:07.0	Match up 17 for others.
0:09.3	Just the week that begins on February the 23rd.
0:13.2	Michael Bolton.
0:15.5	Thanks, Josh.
0:16.7	It's Michael Bolton here.
0:18.0	And it's time for another episode of the Locked-on Fantasy Basketball podcast.
0:23.4	Let's get to it.
0:24.5	Let's get to it.
0:25.3	Indeed.
0:27.4	You are Locked-on Fantasy, your daily NBA Fantasy podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcasts network, your team every day.
0:38.7	Hello and welcome to the Locked On Fantasy Basketball podcast, brought to you by Basketball Monster.
0:43.3	My name is Josh Lloyd, and I want to be your latex salesman.
0:46.4	I'm also the lead fantasy analyst at Basketball Monster.com, and today's episode is brought
0:50.2	to you by Fangil.
0:51.5	Use your profit boost on an NBA future and get entered for your chance
0:54.5	to win a trip to the NBA finals.
0:56.0	Play your game with Fangel, the official sports-winning partner of the NBA. Thank you also for making Locked-on Fantasy Basketball your first listen every day. We're free. Available on all platforms and part of the number one sports podcast network. The Locked-on Podcast Network, so thank you again for doing that.
1:11.3	All right, it is week 18.
1:13.6	Now, as we're going to go through the first couple of slides here for this week preview, for some reason, I looked at it when, said, okay, it's week 19 on the calendar. Obviously, there's the double week that we just had for the All-Star game, and Yahoo combines that, and that, in my stupid head, I went I went on that makes it week 20 no it's
1:30.0	the other way around Josh you're supposed to subtract not add so it is weak it's match up 18 now
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