After defeating the Blazers in two games, the management of the Rockets adjusted the team lineup in time, and the 3 veterans of the team's core rotation, Gordon, Schroder and Wood, were all suspended, and in the past 3 games, the Rockets also lost 3 consecutive games as desired, so that the Rockets' record came to 20 wins and 58 losses, the same record as the Magic, ranking second to the bottom in the league.
As far as the current ranking of the bottom five of the league is concerned, the Rockets and magic are a group army, and the second echelon of the group pistons and thunder (22 wins and 55 losses) has opened up the gap, the third echelon Pacers 25 wins and 53 losses, and considering that the remaining 4 opponents of the Rockets are timberwolves, nets, Raptors, Eagles, it is estimated that it is also difficult to win, the rockets also basically locked the bottom two positions of the league, if the final record is the same as the magic, the two sides need to decide the ranking order by lottery. But in any case, the Rockets are already in a very favorable position, according to the US media draft forecast, the Rockets' 2022 first-round show will be drawn in the eye,And the draft predicts that the top three players are Homegren, Smith, and Banchereau.
In addition to the Rockets' own first-round pick, the Nets' first round is also worth paying attention to, which is not after today's game is over, the Nets have sent a big gift to Hugh City, in the key card position battle against the Hawks, the Nets lost to the Hawks 115:122, the record came to 40 wins and 38 losses, fell to the tenth place in the East, so that the Nets officially missed the top six in the East and must play a playoff. The Rockets are still very happy about this result, because after this game, the Nets' first-round pick picks also rose from 16 to 13.
Of course, the Nets' record is still possible to further improve, after all, the ninth Hornets in the East are now the same record as them, and the eighth Hawks are only 1 win ahead, but the Nets want to further improve the performance is still quite difficult, first of all, the Hornets and the Hawks The remaining 4 games are not difficult, there are two opponents have missed the playoffs, followed by the Nets' remaining 4 games Opponents are rockets, Knicks, Cavaliers, Pacers, it looks relatively simple, but it is not so easy to win all. The next one is directly involved in the use of the rocket, the rocket will definitely do its best, win a lot of money, lose it does not matter. In addition, it is the final key battle against the knights, which is related to the ranking position, and the knights will not easily release water. But this is not a core factor in the impact on the Nets' record, Irving is the key to the Nets' hidden dangers, yesterday Irving has said that Ramadan is coming, during this time he will not eat before sunset (3 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Then there is dragic will be absent for a week because of the new crown, so under the influence of various unfavorable factors, it is still quite difficult for the Nets to further improve their record, and it is not excluded that they may eventually miss the playoffs.