The recent NBA fierce battle is in full swing, for Durant and James, the days are not good, first Durant's side, in the Game of April 3, the Nets away to the Hawks, Durant is full of firepower, cut 55 points, but still can not stop the team from losing to the Hawks, in the case of the league still 4 rounds, behind the 6th Raptors 5 wins, no chance to lead the team directly into the playoffs, had to participate in the playoffs! On the Lakers side, after losing to the Nuggets, with 4 rounds left in the league, 2 wins behind the Spurs, there is a high probability that they will miss the playoffs!
Before the season, everyone was full of expectations for the Lakers and the Nets, looking forward to their respective big three can lead the team to the playoffs, will be the finals, but the opposite happened, the three giants of the two teams have suffered different degrees of injuries, on the Lakers side, Durant suffered injuries, Irving was affected by the epidemic lack of many games, now can play at home, Harden left the team to join Philadelphia, Simmons joined the team has been hanging up the free card, resulting in the team's poor record, Now that the Nets have completely lost the opportunity to directly advance to the playoffs, and lock in a play-off ticket, the next goal of the team is to hit the 8th place in the East, and strive to win one game directly to advance to the playoffs!
For the Lakers, it is already in a desperate situation, after losing to the Nuggets, with 4 rounds left, it has been 2 wins behind the Spurs, and the chance of winning a playoff playoff seat is slim! Before the season, the team formed a new version of james, Anthony, Westbrook and Anthony's new version of lakers F4, but the recent wave of 6 consecutive losses, so that the team fell into a desperate situation, had to face the fate of the high probability of missing the playoffs, from the perspective of the whole season, Westbrook is not suitable for the current Lakers team, the elderly James with an injured body to carry the team forward!
In the All-Star Game in February, Durant and James competed, and finally James defeated Durant 163-160, less than 2 months later, Durant's Nets had no chance to directly advance to the playoffs, and james-led Lakers most likely missed the playoffs!