Nikola Jokic INJURED!, Cleveland Cavaliers hold off Victor Wembanyama, Spurs

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4.2 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This episode of Locked On NBA Game Night features John Karalis of Locked On Celtics and Camille Davis of Locked On Bucks breaking down a drama-filled NBA slate. They lead with the devastating knee injury suffered by Nikola Jokic and discuss how it could impact the Denver Nuggets’ season, including insights from coach David Adelman and the team’s precarious position in the Western Conference standings. The hosts analyze the Orlando Magic’s fourth-quarter collapse against the Toronto Raptors, highlighting Toronto's impressive youth and defensive play, as well as Paolo Banchero's resurgence for Orlando. Coverage continues with a look at the Cleveland Cavaliers’ much-needed win over the San Antonio Spurs thanks to balanced scoring and defensive effort, while the Spurs are described as struggling to maintain momentum. The episode also features a recap of the thrilling showdown between the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers, Naz Reid’s explosive performance in Minnesota’s win over Chicago, and the ongoing injury concerns across the NBA. The show combines postgame reactions, insider analysis, and detailed breakdowns of pivotal moments from around the league.

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0:00.0	And all of a sudden, everything can change in an instant for the Denver Nuggets, the Western Conference.
0:06.0	Nicola Yolkich goes down with a knee injury.
0:08.2	It didn't look good.
0:09.1	We're going to talk about that.
0:10.0	And an exciting night in the NBA right now on Lockton NBA game night.
0:15.1	When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for a locked on NBA game night.
0:20.4	All the postgame reactions to every game across the league, every single night,
0:25.3	with insights only the hosts that locked on can provide.
0:28.7	It's the true NBA fans one stop for all the action.
0:33.2	Every game, every night.
0:35.4	It's locked on NBA game night.
0:37.9	Tipping off now.
0:40.9	Big night in the NBA 11 games.
0:44.5	The Cavs came up big in their game against the Spurs.
0:49.0	We got a thriller in Portland between the Mavs and the Blazers.
1:11.1	It's me, John Corrales from Lockdown Celtics. It's Camille Davis from Lockdown Bucks. Camille, are you ready to get into a very, very busy night? Oh, yeah. There is so much to talk about it, not a lot of time. So I'm not even going to waste no more time on the intro. I'm ready to talk about these games we saw.
1:17.7	Let's get to it. Starting with the Denver Nuggets, the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat played a basketball game. The result doesn't really matter, although it was 147, 123 Miami. And the reason
1:24.8	why it was such a blowout is because Nicola Yokic went down with a knee
1:29.2	injury, teammate steps on his foot, an awkward thing. Just, Camille, just your initial reaction when
1:35.1	you saw the knee buckle and him going down. At first I said, wait, what happened? Because I didn't
1:40.4	initially see the teammate step on his foot. I just saw him like buckle. And on the replay scene, like, okay, his teammates stepped on his foot, looked like Yokic was getting ready to move a different direction so that sudden stop and force made him buckle. And that's when I was like, oh, man, that does not look good. I'm hoping that it's one of those things where it looks worse than what it actually is, but did not look
2:01.8	great. And the Nuggets did not look great either once he was out of the game. Yeah, no, that that's
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