1.   None of them, however, involve games in January against lottery locks.

2.   The club traded its first-round draft pick, which now appears to be a lottery lock, to the Boston Celtics for cumbersome center Eric Montross.

3.   The Rockets in their depleted state are terrible, a lottery lock.

4.   The time is short for both of these teams, and five years from now they may both be lottery locks.