On April 4, Beijing time, the NBA had big news that the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 118-129, which was not a simple regular season game, but determined the fate of the Lakers in the 21-22 season. Lakers lose, Spurs win, now, the win difference between the two teams to 2, in the case of 4 games left, the Lakers want to play in the playoffs, can only rely on miracles, the next 4 games, basically can not lose, and the Spurs as long as they win 1 more game, the Lakers out of the play-offs, there is basically no suspense. Therefore, the Lakers' loss to the Nuggets is very demoralizing, and this entire season's efforts are likely to be wasted because of this game.
The Lakers' Wei Shao cut 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 11 of 15 from the field, the performance was good enough, the thick eyebrow brother shot 11 of 25, 6 of 6 from the free throw line, cut 28 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, and the 37-year-old Anthony cut 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Lakers leader James is absent, and these three 75 stars have done their best, really fight, everyone wants to win, but the strength is indeed not as good as the opponent, and the loss is also convinced.
Old Jan is absent from this game due to injury, but, according to his competitive personality, the next 4 games should not be absent, he once said, until the team completely missed the playoffs, otherwise it will not give up, this is James. The next few opponents of the Lakers are difficult bones to gnaw, especially the Suns, Nuggets, etc., if the opponent strikes hard and does not release water, the Lakers will be difficult. However, after James' comeback, the Lakers will be much better off, and they will definitely have the strength to fight.
Regardless of whether the Lakers can make it to the playoffs, James is likely to get a heavy honor, that is, the season scoring champion. In fact, Old Zhan was absent from today's game, which was conducive to his competition for the scoring champion. James is currently in first place with 30.3 points, and if he scores 20 points or less in a game, the scoring champion could be replaced by Embiid and Alphabet Brother at any time. Today, James is absent from a game, and even though Embiid scored 44 points, it is James who is in the first place.
From the NBA's latest scoring list, James continues to lead the scoring list with a slight advantage of 0.1 points, Embiid ranks second with 30.2 points, and Alphabet Brother has 30.1 points. The gap between the three is not very large, no matter who storms in the next few games, it may get the top scorer, of course, James's hope is the greatest, because the old Jan's scoring momentum in February and March is very strong, and he has the strength to score 30 points in every game.
However, if James wants to compete for the scoring champion, it is not enough to be ranked first, and there is a hard condition, that is, to play the game. It is reported that James will have to play at least 2 games in the next 4 games to run for the scoring champion, and the Lakers' opponents in the next 4 games are the Suns, Warriors, Thunder and Nuggets. That is to say, as long as James plays 2 games in the next 4 games and scores a high score of 35 or 40 points, there is not much suspense in locking in the scoring king.
In fact, for James, the next game to continue to rest, this is the right choice, after all, the Suns played the Thunder, on the rotation of Ayton and Booker and other cores, obviously, is to the Lakers. In the suns-lakers game, Monty Williams is expected to send the strongest lineup. If the Lakers can beat the Suns, there is still hope of entering the playoffs, and James has a few days off, he can play the Warriors and Thunder with all his strength and lead the team to win.
And the last game to play the Nuggets, is to fight. If the Lakers win all four of their last four games and the Spurs drop the chain, the Lakers can still enter the playoffs. Therefore, for the Lakers, there is no complete loss of hope, it depends on whether they can win the Suns, and whether old Zhan will come back, let us wait and see.