Beijing time on April 2 news, NBA regular season, Los Angeles Lakers 111-114 once again lost to the New Orleans Pelicans, suffered four consecutive losses, and this loss also made their way to grab the playoff qualification more difficult.
After today's loss, the Lakers are already one win behind the San Antonio Spurs, who are ranked tenth in the West.
According to the schedule, the Spurs have five more games to play, in addition to the Portland Trail Blazers, the other four teams are the Denver Nuggets, the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Golden State Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks. If the Spurs win the Portland Trail Blazers tomorrow, even if they lose all four of their remaining games, the Lakers will have to win three of the last five games if they want to get the play-offs instead of them.
Looking at the Lakers' opponents in the last five games, they will encounter the Nuggets twice, the Suns once, the Warriors once, the Thunder once, and it is not easy to get more than three wins.
Not long ago, the famous sports journalist Sam Quinn wrote on his social blog, "To be honest, this kind of result is the best for the Lakers right now." As the season draws to a close, this team doesn't deserve a shred of liking for them. Continued optimism is an excuse, and such an idea should have been burned long ago, because losing is the result of continued optimism. ”