On March 24, after today's NBA regular season, the top three teams in the West are still the Suns, Grizzlies and Warriors. And the winning gap between these 3 teams and some of the teams behind them is very large, and with 9-10 games left in the regular season, these teams will continue to maintain this position if they perform normally. From the 4th-place Jazz to the 7th-place Timberwolves in the West, the win gap has basically remained between 3-4, that is, these teams have basically no suspense in the playoffs, and the question is who plays better, and the final ranking may be higher.
But teams like the 8th Clippers in the West, the 9th Lakers, and even the Pelicans, Spurs, and Trail Blazers behind them, it is impossible to go directly to the playoffs, and these teams must strive for a playoff qualification so that it is possible to enter the playoffs, after all, these teams' records are still somewhat different from those that directly enter the playoffs.
For the Lakers who are very concerned about everyone, getting a playoff qualifier ticket, although it seems to be ten to nine, but not afraid of ten thousand, afraid of just in case, the last few games can happen anything, and the Lakers' opponents are not weak, on the contrary, the Blazers, Spurs and even the Kings will play against the Houston Rockets, the weakest in the West and even the weakest in the league, and it is much simpler to win.
If the Lakers can't win more, it is possible to be overtaken by these teams, and the Lakers' play-off qualification may be in danger. However, the Rockets, on the other hand, may not take the initiative to spoil the loss, after all, the Rockets have lost enough this season, and under the premise that the record is determined to become the bottom 3 in the league, the Rockets will strive to win - at least their main power forward Jeshaun Tate said so.
After playing against the Lone Rangers, Tate not only looked back at why the Rockets lost, but also looked ahead to some of the games ahead. Tate said that in this game against the Lone Rangers, the Rockets failed to perform because of the lack of offense. But in the next game, the Rockets must be ready to compete. 'In the final stages, we had a lot of games we could win, back-to-back Blazers and a period of home games. Tate said.
Tate has set his winning sights on the Blazers, and in the next two games, the Rockets will play the Blazers twice on the road before returning home to play against the Spurs. It is worth mentioning that both the Spurs and the Blazers are competitors to the Lakers' playoff qualifiers, and if the Rockets can help the Lakers "block" the two teams, Los Angeles is naturally very happy.
Didn't Tate say that he would find a way to beat his opponent in the next game, and he also specifically named the Blazers? In addition, when Tate says "home games", he naturally refers to the game against the Spurs. Although the Rockets are not strong, the game against the second-rate western teams Blazers and Spurs is not without the possibility of winning. Moreover, one of the Rockets' advantages, home games, must not be underestimated. The rockets' young players definitely want to perform in front of the home audience, and although the Spurs have won 2 consecutive games, they are not absolutely sure of defeating the Rockets in terms of their strength. If Tate's rhetoric comes true, it will be a big plus for the Lakers.