Lakers fans this season can be said to have experienced a season with lower and lower requirements, at the beginning of the season after the team built a core lineup of the Big Three, the championship has become the only target of Lakers fans, but as the season deepens, the Purple and Gold Army has challenged the bottom line of fans again and again, after losing to the Lone Ranger in the last game and suffering three consecutive losses, the Lakers have been surpassed by the Spurs who have won four consecutive games in the Western Conference standings, falling to the eleventh place, which means falling out of the playoff area! If they still want to storm a playoff spot through the playoffs, they not only need to play a good performance, but also hope that the main competitors will make mistakes, and in this regular season, the Grizzlies have helped the Purple and Gold Army a big favor, they won six consecutive wins in the absence of Morant, narrowly defeated the Spurs 112-111, and let the Lakers return to the tenth place in the West while ending the opponent's winning streak, which is why fans ridiculed James for sitting at home and liked to come from heaven!
After seeing the hope of reaching the playoffs, the Spurs showed a very strong desire to win in the final stage of the regular season, facing the strongest dark horse team in the West this season, the Grizzlies, the Spurs also played very tenaciously, of which the core of the backcourt Murray is still the most stable player on the offensive end of the team, under the strict defense of the Grizzlies, Murray still hit 12 goals in 20 shots in the 38.2 minutes of his appearance, including 33 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists of the two double-double data of 33 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists. However, the Grizzlies' targeted defense still achieved a certain effect, not only did Murray not connect the team's overall offense well, but also made 5 personal mistakes.
In the case that Murray did not play a role in organizing the whole team, the Spurs did not play a smooth overall offense, only three people scored double digits in the whole game, of which Johnson became the most trusted player around Murray, one person cut 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, but unfortunately, the Spurs' last attack, Johnson missed the opportunity to cut the basket to kill the game, and finally could only watch the team lose by 1 point.
This season's Grizzlies can be said to be very fierce, and in the absence of Morant even more fierce, in the world's best waist missing 20 games, the Grizzlies have achieved an impressive record of 18 wins and 2 losses, this game they still showed a strong fighting ability, replacing Morant into the starting Jones performance eye-catching, one hit 5 three-pointers, cut 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, under his leadership, the Grizzlies have a total of five players scored double digits, Dillon Brooks, who recently returned, scored 21 points, six rebounds and four assists.
After the Spurs' four-game winning streak was ended, their record reached 31 wins and 45 losses, 0.5 wins behind the Lakers and fell to the eleventh place in the West, but with 6 games left in the regular season, the Spurs are still very hopeful to get a play-off spot at the last minute as long as they can play well, and look forward to becoming the most winning manager in NBA history this season, Popovich, who can lead the team to appear on the playoff stage!