On March 8, the NBA regular season continued, with 10 teams in the West playing, including the remaining Warriors losing to the Nuggets, eating a five-game losing streak. The Lakers, who did not have a Zhan Mei combination, lost to the Spurs, losing 8 in the last 10 games. The Nuggets have won three straight, and the Timberwolves and Lone Rangers are both five in a row. The pattern of the West has changed a lot, and the card slots, the competition for the top six and the competition for the play-offs are still fierce, which can be called the Wild West.
The Warriors lost 5 straight;
The Warriors lost to the Nuggets today, this game Curry and Klay are absent, the remnants of the game, but also on the road, the Warriors lost to the Nuggets is not surprising. With the Warriors in third place in the West, retaken by the Grizzlies, with 17 regular season games remaining, they are already as many as 8.5 wins behind the Suns at the top of the table, and the hope of hitting the regular season Western Conference championship is already slim. Of course, this season's Warriors return to the playoffs is still not a big problem, their real battlefield is in the playoffs.
Three-team winning streak;
Currently the 5th-place Lone Ranger in the West has won 5 straight, the 6th Nuggets have won 3 straight, and the 7th Timberwolves have won 5 straight, these three teams are the biggest spoilers in the West, and they are not far behind the top four, especially the Lone Rangers, who are only 1 win away from the Jazz. The Timberwolves are 2.5 wins away from the top 6 straight to the playoffs, but they've been in good shape lately and still have hopes of getting a playoff ticket. These teams are fiercely competitive, who can continue to win, do not drop the chain, full of points to watch.
The Lakers lost 10 vs. 8 in crisis;
The Lakers played against the Spurs today without James and Thick Brow, and the Lakers did not complete the reversal in the last quarter, regrettably losing. In fact, the Lakers are still very focused, but the strength gap still makes them lose the game. Wei Shao's shooting rate was only 33%, and the free throws were 7 of 13, and he still did not perform well in the case of his own single-core team. The Lakers have lost 8 of their last 10 games, and they want to hit the top six of the playoffs, but their hopes are not much, and there is still the possibility of being surpassed by teams such as the Pelicans behind them.
Trailblazer drop chain;
If the Blazers are not turbulent and injured this season, they will not be in the 11th place in the West, after all, the Lakers and other teams in front of them have given opportunities many times, but the Blazers have always performed poorly. The arrival of the new coach, Lillard injury, McCollum and other departures many times, the current Blazers do not have the heroism of the previous seasons in the regular season, the overall performance is not good. They have a two-game gap between the tenth place in the West, and although the gap does not seem to be large, the recent Trail Blazers have suffered a five-game losing streak, and the team's performance is a mess.
Rocket bottom;
The Rockets finished at the bottom of the West last season and eventually won the picks, taking Jaylen Green, and this year's Rockets are still not doing well, they have only won 16 games, lost 13 of their last 14 games, and the gap behind the Thunder is also relatively large. Looking at the league, the Rockets' record, like the Magic, is at the bottom, so the biggest goal of the Rockets this season is still to rebuild, and then strive to get a good draft pick, hoping for the future rise.