The Los Angeles Lakers are going through a nightmare season, but the worst part for them is that this ending may soon become a reality. The Lakers were a strong contender for the championship at the start of the season, and even though it doesn't look like they're going to win the final title, it's probably okay to get into the playoffs.
However, with the ever-changing game, the Lakers can only squeeze their heads and do their best to break the 9-10 seeds to break into the playoffs.
So-called, there are more people who are easy to compete for in the location. This is not the Spurs to be this roadblock. They just beat the Houston Rockets and are currently only 0.5 wins behind the Lakers in the standings.
The Lakers will face the Dallas Mavericks, Utah Jazz, New Orleans Pelicans, Denver Nuggets, Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors in the next six games, and the schedule can be described as very difficult.
In the last Lakers game against the Pelicans, the team's core LeBron James injured his ankle and was at least in the short term.
James responded to the team's performance that night and throughout the NBA season after the team's loss to the Pelicans, saying, "Losing to the Pelicans is a 'microcosm' of the Lakers' season, we can't sustain it for a whole year, and tonight is one of them." ”
Indeed, they have performed well in the first half several times this season before being reversed by their opponents.
The Lakers will play the Dallas Mavericks in their next game, and they will likely have to get through it without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
On the other hand, the San Antonio Spurs' schedule behind is much easier than the Lakers. They will next face the Memphis Grizzlies, followed by two games against the Portland Trail Blazers, and finally end their season in three games against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks.
The Spurs and Lakers have drawn 2-2 this season, which means that if the Lakers lose tomorrow's game against the Lone Rangers, the ranking will come to eleventh in the West, and the Spurs will rise to tenth in the West.
In addition, there is good news for the Spurs, that is, the Blazers have just officially announced that the team's three main players Nurkic (foot injury), Anfini Simmons (knee injury) and Bledsoe (Achilles tendon injury) will not play the rest of the season.
Really a living Dead Laker!
The current record of the seventh-place Timberwolves and eighth-place Clippers in the West is very stable, and it is not surprising that they have remained unchanged, but the ninth and tenth places in the West are fiercely competitive. The Pelicans are currently ninth with 32 wins and 43 losses, and they need to keep that position, and their next schedule is also very favorable, against the Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and again against the Lakers, when the Lakers will have one last chance to beat them.
The really difficult game for the Lakers will be at home next week against the Denver Nuggets, facing one of the most popular MVPs, Nikola Jokic, and even if Davis returns to feel like it won't help.
The Lakers have eight games left in an off-track season, and it's hard to make up for what they couldn't do in the first 74 regular season games! All of this paints a very grim picture for the Lakers.
As Lakers coach Vogel said Sunday night: "This game is over, we have to turn the page to prepare for the next game." We're running out of time. We have to have some victories. In any case, the next game will have to beat Dallas. ”
All in all, for the Lakers to make the playoffs, they will have to stage countless upsets in the final two weeks of the season, winning all the games, while also hoping that the Spurs will stumble in the process.
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