With the Pelicans taking down the Hawks, the Lakers' ninth position in the West was surpassed, and now it is in the tenth position in the West. And even in the tenth place in the west, the Lakers are not very stable. Because the Spurs are only 2.5 wins away from the Lakers after winning the Warriors. Previously, Vogel also vowed to win a playoff spot in the playoffs, and now it seems that the Lakers may not be able to reach the playoffs! How unfriendly is the Lakers' situation right now? It is clear to see the opponents in the next game.
The Lakers have four opponents left in March: The Cavaliers, Numbers, Pelicans and Lone Rangers. Among them, the game against the Pelicans is a key card battle, and if you lose, the situation may be completely different. And how many of these four rival knights can win? I'm afraid that the Lakers have a chance of winning against the Cavaliers. And in the next April, the Lakers will also encounter the Nuggets, Jazz, Pelicans, Warriors and other teams, if they do not play well, this is another wave of losing streaks, and if they may lose according to this situation, they may not even be able to defend their tenth position in the West.
Now it is not only to see who the opponent of the Lakers is but also to see who the opponent of the Pelicans and Spurs is, then the Pelicans will play against the Hornets, Bulls, Spurs, Pioneers, Lakers in March, relatively speaking, the opponent is not as strong as the Opponent of the Lakers, and the opponent strength in April is also very general, and then will play the Kings, Lakers, Clippers and Blazers and other teams, on the whole, this is a few games that the Pelicans have a good chance of, as long as the Pelicans can be stable, at least the ninth position in the West can be obtained. Anyway, the first-round playoffs the Pelicans can have a home-court advantage.
Spurs are the most stressful of the three teams, after all, they are still 2.5 wins behind the Lakers, although this season's Spurs are running to rot, but if they can have the opportunity to play playoffs, I believe that the Spurs will not give up, after all, at this time to mess up has not been able to catch up with the Rockets and Thunder. The Spurs will meet the Blazers, Pelicans, Rockets, Grizzlies and other teams in March, and the difficulty of the reasonable schedule is also less than that of the Lakers. In April, the Spurs will play two Blazers, and then play against the Nuggets, Timberwolves and other teams.
Judging from the current situation of the three teams, the Lakers' schedule is the most difficult, the Spurs' record pressure is the greatest, and the Pelicans' words are now in a leading position. So it's not easy to say who will be able to play the play-offs until the end, of course, I am not particularly stable. Now the sixth Timberwolves in the West and the seventh Nuggets are 42 wins and 30 losses, while the Warriors are currently 47 wins and 24 losses, only the possibility of playing in the playoffs theoretically, it can be said that the current Western Conference in addition to the Suns' first is stable, the position of other teams dare not say 100% determined, and the Lakers are now moving towards the playoffs.