On April 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Lakers sat at home to meet the Suns! With the last five games left in the season, they don't have any room for error for the Lakers, who are no longer in the 11th place in the West, and every game must be won. However, such an important game, the Lakers' home star James was unable to play due to injury, and finally the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 118-129, suffering 6 consecutive losses, and the door to the playoffs is slowly closing.
In this game, the Lakers can not be said to be hard, they and the Nuggets stalemate for 3 and a half quarters, thick eyebrows with injuries, cut 28 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks, And Wei Shao cut 27 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block with a shooting rate of 73.3%, once scoring 10 goals!
The performance of the Lakers' double star is impeccable, unfortunately, the Nuggets, who have not yet locked the playoff position, do not have any intention of slackening, Jokic's performance is more dazzling, and finally the Lakers can only regret to swallow the defeat. To make matters worse, the Spurs, seeing the hope of the playoffs, temporarily turned the horse's head, suspended the plan, and launched a violent impact on the playoffs, today's big victory over the Blazers, and the Lakers' win difference was stretched to 2.
In this way, the Lakers want to overtake the Spurs, and the hope of reaching the playoffs becomes very slim! Spurs and Lakers have 4 regular season games left, and the Specific conditions for the Lakers to reach the playoffs are as follows:
Spurs 1 win 3 losses, Lakers 4 wins 0 losses, the Lakers can surpass the Spurs, otherwise the Spurs enter the playoffs.
The Spurs are 0-4, and the Lakers can win at least 3 of their 4 games to overtake the Spurs, otherwise the Spurs will enter the playoffs.
In addition to the harsh requirements on the record, the Lakers' next schedule is also very unfriendly. Today is the Lakers' last home of the season, and they will start a 4-game trip next, against the Suns, Warriors, Thunder, Nuggets (Spurs: Nuggets, Timberwolves, Warriors, Lone Rangers)! Continuous away battles are bound to cause the Lakers to be unable to rest and not be guaranteed, which is not conducive to the recovery of James and thick eyebrow injuries!
In addition, the Opponents of the Lakers in these 4 games really have no good play.
The Suns, who locked up the league first early, recently suffered 2 consecutive defeats, today's large-scale rotation lost to the Thunder, coach Monti is very dissatisfied with the performance of the team, after the game said that the team did not show the strength and level it should be, so basically it can be predicted that the Next Main Force of the Suns will come out and beat the Lakers.
Especially considering that Thick Brow has previously said that "the Suns just escaped by chance in last year's playoffs", it is impossible to expect the Sun to release water! In addition, many people think that the Thunder is easy to play, don't forget that the Thunder have doubled the Lakers this season! As for the Warriors, who are currently fighting for home advantage in the playoffs, it is needless to say that the Nuggets in the final game, malone who is shrewd at calculation, will never let a team like the Lakers enter the playoffs.
So, the Lakers have a hard time winning three of the remaining four games, and even if they win all of them, they have to count on the Spurs to win 1 and lose 3. In the Lakers, we see the shadow of the national football team, and there is not much time left for them. If James can return to play two more games (to reach the number of scoring games) and win the scoring king, it may become the final comfort for Lakers fans this season.