On March 31, the Lone Rangers beat the Cavaliers and the Nuggets beat the Pacers, and both winning teams won three straight. As a result, the competition for the Western Conference card slot is even more intense, with the Lone Ranger 48 wins and 29 losses, only 0.5 wins away from the third-place Warriors. The Nuggets, who are 46-31, move up to fifth place in the West and are just 2.5 wins away from the Warriors.
It can be said that the recent strong performances of the Lone Rangers and Nuggets have put tremendous pressure on the Warriors, who once competed with the Grizzlies for second place in the West, but with Curry injured against the Celtics, the Warriors' situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and they have lost as many as 6 of their last 7 games, losing three consecutive games twice, and only beating the Heat during the period. Such a bad, sluggish performance has made the Warriors not only completely thrown away by the Grizzlies, but also caught up by the Lone Rangers and Nuggets, who had lagged behind a lot before, narrowing the gap.
Now with a wave of consecutive wins by the Lone Rangers and Nuggets, the top four positions of the Warriors are not guaranteed, although they are still in the leading position, but thinking of the huge impact on the Warriors after Curry's injury, the team is even difficult to win, so even if there are only 6 regular season games left, they still have the possibility of falling out of the top four. Falling out of the top four in the West means there is no home advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Looking at the Warriors' next schedule, the 6 games are against: the Suns, Jazz, Kings, Lakers, Spurs and Pelicans;
It can be said that the Warriors' schedule is very difficult, today against the first sun in the league, it is clear that the recent 8 consecutive wins of the Suns did not have any slack after locking in the league first, they are still marching forward. After a five-game losing streak, the Jazz are next to fight for the top six in the playoffs, full of morale. Only the king was relatively relaxed. The next three teams, the Lakers, Spurs and Pelicans, are a big test for Kerr, because these three teams are all teams competing for play-off spots, and they will definitely play a decisive battle with the Warriors.
So the current situation is the Warriors internal and external troubles, on the one hand, the team's record is not good, the last 7 games lost 6 games, on the other hand, behind the lone ranger and nuggets and other teams have narrowed the gap, Curry's absence has too much impact, and the difficulty of the schedule is obvious to all, in this case, Kerr's team is likely to collapse in the final stage of the regular season, so they need to end the losing streak as soon as possible and sweep away the decline.