Latest Western Conference Rankings: The Suns are chasing first, the Grizzlies are six-game winning streak to protect four and three, and the Lakers are back in seventh!
After nearly half a season of fighting, looking at the Wild West playoff situation, it can be said that the overall situation is almost determined now! Competing for the top eight spots in the West are locked in the Warriors, Suns, Jazz, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Clippers, Lakers, Lone Rangers and a Timberwolves, and the tenth King has drifted away, almost unable to make waves! The next step is the fight between these nine teams, it's not exciting!
It's the end of another game day, and the seemingly calm Wild West playoff situation is actually surging undercurrents! The Lakers beat the Kings 122:114, the Suns beat the Pelicans 123:110, the Spurs lost 104:129 to the Raptors, and the Grizzlies narrowly beat the Cavaliers 110:106. With these race results inconclusive, the Wild West ranking pattern is updated! It can be summed up in a simple sentence as: the latest ranking in the West: The Suns are chasing the first, the Grizzlies are six consecutive wins to save four and three, and the Lakers are back in seventh!
The Suns won two consecutive away wins over the Pelicans, Chris Paul reproduced the heavenly ability of the point guard god, completely revitalized the team with 15 assists in the whole game, and the whole team went up to six people in doubles under his needle-cutting line, of which the ten-day short player Bi Yongbo returned to the peak and slashed 16+6+3+2+3 to fill the data column. After this battle, the Suns' record came to 29 wins and 8 losses while further consolidating the second position in the West, but also close to the first Warriors, the win difference between the two teams reached 0.5 wins, for the Suns to reach the top of the West is just around the corner!
The third-ranked Utah Jazz in the West now looks really unstoppable, they have not competed for third place before, but the recent fourth-place dark horse Grizzlies are really too fierce, and they have the intention of replacing the Jazz. Back-to-back away to challenge the Cleveland Cavaliers, Morant stepped forward at a critical moment to lead the team to a score with a super difficult breakthrough hit, followed by stealing a layup in the next defensive game to personally kill the game, leading the Grizzlies to 6 consecutive wins! After this campaign, the Grizzlies' record reached 25 wins and 14 losses, and while consolidating the fourth place, there were already signs of impacting the Jazz's third position, after all, it was only 3 wins behind, and with the Grizzlies' current explosive performance, it is really possible to protect the four-three!
The Fifth Nuggets' Sixth Lone Ranger currently has a tie, but they obviously need to be prepared for safety, because the Lakers behind them are threatening and have forced them both to draw! A little carelessness is very likely to be completed by the Lakers to complete the cornering overtaking ranking fall!
The Lakers played against the weak Sacramento Kings at home, and although the game was still difficult to play, in the end they still laughed to the end! In this campaign, the Lakers harvested a different Westbrook, and The Westbrook, who had 407 consecutive career errors, ended the embarrassing record in this game, and the plus-minus value was +17 the highest in the game. After half a season, the Lakers finally waited for the Westbrook they wanted, and James also cut the all-around statistic of 31+5+5 again.
The Lakers reached 20-19 after repelling the Kings to win three consecutive wins, surpassing the Clippers in a few days with today's victory, and the Clippers fell to eighth! The team outside the top eight, now only the ninth Timberwolves are still struggling, always refusing to give up the top eight seats, but now they are behind the eighth as many as 1.5 wins, and they have to work hard to make waves! As for the tenth king, he has basically escaped the circle, trailing the eighth 3.5 wins, and there is no chance to participate in the top eight competition for the time being!