The NBA regular season continues, and in the games that have ended, the Suns, who have lost two consecutive games, still rank first in the league with a record of 32 wins and 16 losses, and the Grizzlies rely on a wave of 7 consecutive wins to climb to second place in the West. In contrast, the Lakers, the big favorite to win the championship at the beginning of the season, suffered an embarrassing 6 consecutive defeats, falling out of the top ten in the West, and gradually drifting away from the play-off qualification. On this basis, on April 6, the NBA regular season key schedule was released, CCTV live broadcast! The Lakers' promotion is only theoretically possible. Details are as follows:
What are the highlights of the NBA regular season on April 6?
According to the schedule of the NBA's official website, there were 12 games on April 6, of which 4 were key games. Game 1: Raptors vs Hawks at 7:30 a.m. In the Eastern Conference rankings, the Raptors and Hawks are sixth and eighth respectively, and the two teams have only four wins apart, and each game may change the trend of the playoffs at the end of the league.
Game 2: Spurs vs Nuggets at 9 a.m. In the Western Conference team rankings, the Nuggets and Spurs are ranked fifth and tenth, respectively. Although the difference between the two teams is as many as 13.5, for both sides, this game is a key game, for two reasons: first, for the Nuggets, there are currently only two wins away from the seventh-ranked Timberwolves, and they will inevitably go all out to win in order to avoid falling out of the top six in the West; second, for the Spurs, they also want to keep the qualification for the playoffs.
Game 3: Pelicans vs Kings at 10 a.m. In the Western Conference team rankings, the Pelicans and Kings are ranked ninth and twelfth, respectively. For the Pelicans, who are 33-44, every subsequent game is crucial without yet confirming eligibility for a playoff.
Game 4: Lakers vs Suns at 10:30 a.m. In the Western Conference team rankings, the Lakers ranked eleventh in the West, and the Suns topped the Western Conference. According to the CCTV program schedule, CCTV5 will carry out a full video live broadcast, interested fans do not miss!
Why is it said that the Lakers' promotion is only theoretically possible?
The main reason why the Lakers only have theoretical possibilities left is that the current Lakers record is 31 wins and 47 losses, ranking eleventh in the West, and the Spurs ranked tenth in the West are 2 win differences. With the remaining four games, the possible results of the Lakers and Spurs are: one is 4 wins and 0 losses; the second is 3 wins and 1 loss; the third is 2 wins and 2 losses; the fourth is 1 win and 3 losses; and the fifth is 0 wins and 4 losses.
Combined with the promotion situation of Western Conference teams, the Lakers can only qualify for the playoffs if their record is higher than that of the Spurs. Based on this, the Lakers only have two theoretical promotion possibilities: one is that if the results of the Spurs' last four games are 0 wins and 4 losses, then the Lakers need to achieve a record of 3 wins, 1 loss or 4 wins and 0 losses to achieve a reversal; second, if the Spurs' last four games are 1 win and 3 losses, then the Lakers need to achieve a 4 win and 0 loss record to successfully advance.
I have to say that if the Lakers want to successfully qualify, in addition to their own efforts, they must also look at the "face" of the Spurs. It is worth mentioning that looking at the remaining games between the two teams, it can be seen that 3 of the Lakers' 4 opponents are ranked in the top 8 in the West, namely the Suns, Warriors and Nuggets, while the Spurs' 4 opponents are ranked in the top 8 in the West. It can be seen that the Lakers still seem to have the hope of promotion, let us wait and see.
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