On March 21, Beijing time, the NBA Pelicans defeated the Hawks on the road, missing Cain Williamson, Ingram, they led by 17 points in the first quarter, a huge lead coupled with hernangomez, Valanciunas, Hayes to give a strong rebounding performance, and finally they were 5 points to win, after winning this game, the Pelicans' winning rate equaled the Lakers, but because the Pelicans won 100% against the Lakers so far this season, with the help of the hand-to-hand advantage, the Pelicans' record ranking rose to ninth in the West. In other words, they squeezed the Lakers to tenth in the West!
This should be the first time this season that the Lakers feel a fatal threat, yes, they may lose play-off spots, the Big Three teams can not win the championship, after all, Anthony Davis's injury is unpredictable, there are so many teams in the West, but if in such a big environment can not enter the playoffs, this will definitely become a "shame", from management to players, it will be shrouded in this "shame", and in the rest of the regular season of this season, Is there 1 NBA team that could decide the fate of the Lakers this season?
The Lakers currently have a win rate of 42.3%, the 11th Spurs in the West are 2.5 wins away from them, and the 12th Blazers in the West are 3.5 from their wins, that is to say, if the Lakers lose 3 consecutive games and the Spurs win 3 consecutive wins, the Spurs may squeeze the Lakers to the 11th place to lose the play-off place, if it is unfortunate that the Lakers suffered a 4-game losing streak and the Blazers won 4 consecutive wins, then the Lakers fell to the 12th place, it seems that the Spurs will surpass the Lakers more likely than the Blazers to lose, But due to the difference in the remaining schedule, this loss may not exist...
In the remaining difficulty ranking of the regular season this season, the Lakers difficulty is the first in the league, the remaining weak brigade games are 3 games, the Spurs are 18th in the whole league, the remaining weak brigade is 5 games, the Pelicans are the sixth to last difficulty, the remaining weak brigade is 7 games, the Blazers are the 1st in the league in difficulty, the remaining weak brigade is 10 games, considering the remaining schedule difficulty, the Pelicans' record is most likely not to fall, the Lakers can most hope that the Spurs and the Blazers will not catch up, but also consider the remaining schedule difficulty, This doesn't seem to be easy to achieve.
The Lakers' 3 games with the weak brigade, 2 of which are playing pelicans, pelicans are one of the lakers' playoff quota contenders, the Lakers' last 1 game against the Pelicans is losing by 28 points, the Thunder are indeed in a mess this season, but considering the relationship between Westbrook and the Thunder, this seems to be unstable, so the Lakers' remaining 10 games, the number of games may be less than 1, which is terrible, and as mentioned earlier, the Spurs want to surpass the Lakers only need to win 3 more games, In the remaining games of the Spurs schedule, 1 game is the weakest Rocket in the league, this game is basically stable, playing pelicans can be said to be 55 open, playing the Blazers is not easy to say...
Even if the Spurs defeat the Rockets, Pelicans, if the Spurs can not win the Blazers, their next win is estimated to be less than 3 games, whether they can beat the Blazers, can win the Blazers a few games, this is the key point of whether the Spurs can squeeze out the Lakers, and for the Blazers, their situation is much more relaxed, the Blazers remain in the remaining 10 games with the weak brigade, including 2 games against the Pelicans, 3 games against the Spurs, 2 games against the Rockets, 1 game against the Pistons, 2 games against the Thunder, even if the Blazers play the Pelicans, the Spurs all lost, They also have a chance to win 4 more games than the Lakers, and seeing that no, the Blazers are like the masters of everything!
Because the remaining schedule is the lowest difficulty in the league, the Blazers have many choices, such as directly lying flat and not participating, such as helping the Lakers block the Spurs, such as directly squeezing out the Lakers + Spurs with a winning streak, such as helping the Spurs squeeze out the Lakers, the Blazers are the next team that has the ability to determine the fate of the Lakers this season, and this situation is actually caused by the Lakers themselves, the Lakers have lost the Rockets, Spurs, Pelicans, Blazers, 3 play-off competitors, 1 swing team, They are sending themselves into a desperate situation step by step, will the Blazers help the Lakers next? Pelinka looks like she's going to have to call Josh Hart?