22 wins, 22 losses, 50% win rate, in the past in the West is difficult to play in the playoffs, but this year because of the serious injuries of many strong teams, so the Lakers can temporarily rank 8th in the West, today there is no Lakers game, after the Timberwolves win, the winning rate is equal to the Lakers, and then with the advantage of mutual combat records, surpassed the Lakers in the ranking.
The current pattern in the West is that the Suns are thriving and have gradually opened up the gap with the Warriors, and the two sides currently have a 2.5-game difference. The Warriors are because Klay returns to re-run in, and Green is also injured, coupled with Curry's bad hand, so the record is somewhat ups and downs, but as long as the run-in is completed, the Warriors still have great hopes of competing for the league first. The Jazz record was surpassed by the Grizzlies due to Gobert's absence, his absence, and the Jazz's defense was a mess. The Grizzlies have a strong record, and now they are 31-15. These 4 teams, the first echelon of the West, have no suspense in entering the playoffs, and the top four in the West are destined to be produced between them.
Lakers and Lone Rangers, Nuggets, Timberwolves, Clippers, in the second echelon, they will compete for the last 2 playoff pass tickets, fall to the 7th or 8th team, need to participate in the playoffs, a game to win who can guarantee their own win?
Clippers teammates abandon the trend of the season, little hope of a comeback, George is injured, and the Clippers have little hope of even making the playoffs. The Timberwolves are too young, and as long as the thick eyebrows return, the Lakers will not have much problem overtaking the Timberwolves. The gap between the Lone Rangers and the Lakers is getting bigger, because after Doncic's comeback, the team has won 9 and lost 1, and he is indeed a slow-hot superstar, and every year he starts to show super strength in the middle of the regular season. And the Lone Ranger has been coached by Kidd, and his performance is indeed getting better and better.
It's hard for the Lakers to overtake the Lone Rangers, and the only chance is to squeeze the Nuggets into the top six. The hope of surpassing the Nuggets is also very big, because they have really had too difficult this season, with a superstar like Jokic, the offense only ranked 22nd in the league, and the team's second-place scorer is Barton, who averaged 15 points per game. The Lakers' bad news, the Western Three-Way Trade was born, and the single-game 8-point shooter assisted the MVP
But today was a three-way deal that made the Lakers desperate, the Nuggets sent Dozil to and Pol to the Celtics, sent a second-round signing to the Spurs, got Spurs Forbes, and the Spurs got Hernangomez and the second-round pick.
The Nuggets traded with 2 injured players, Dozil has been reimbursed for the season, and Ball is out for 8-12 weeks. It is equivalent to saying that through this transaction, the Nuggets will not lose their combat strength, but they can get strong reinforcements.
Forbes has averaged 9.1 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1 assist per game this season, his scoring mainly comes from three-pointers, 41.7% of the three-point shooting rate shot 1.7 three-pointers, but also has a single game 8 three-point performance, it can be said that Forbes outside the three-point line can be called a sharpshooter, he assisted Jokic such MVP is simply like a tiger. The Nuggets' offensive efficiency will be boosted to the next level by his arrival.
The Nuggets have strengthened their strength, but the Lakers have difficulty making progress because they do not have good trading chips, Tucker and Nunn have begun to sell, but there is no response. The Lakers' second half of the schedule is the most difficult in the league, they are afraid that it will be difficult to surpass the Nuggets after reinforcement, and if they want to enter the playoffs, the playoff places are really unstable.