On April 11, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA regular season officially ended, following the East, the Western Ranking and related matches have also been released. In the key battles that determine their respective rankings, both the Warriors and jazz won the game and were not surpassed by the Lone Rangers and Nuggets. The third-placed Warriors will play against the sixth-place Nuggets in the first round, while the fourth-placed Lone Rangers will play against the fifth-place Jazz in the first round.
The 6 Western Conference teams directly qualified for the playoffs -
1. Suns (64-18), 2. Grizzlies (56-26), 3. Warriors (52-30), 4. Lone Rangers (52-30), 5. Jazz (49-33), 6. Nuggets (49-33)
West 4 qualifies for the play-offs —
7. Timberwolves (46-36), 8. Clippers (42-40), 9. Pelicans (36-46), 10. Spurs (34-48)
The West 5 team has been out early —
11. Lakers, 12. Kings, 13. Blazers, 14. Thunder, 15. Rockets
Western Conference Play-offs Specific Matches and Schedules —
April 13, 9:30: Timberwolves home vs Clippers (G1)
April 14, 9:30: Pelicans at home to Spurs (G2)
16 April: Winner of G1's loser at home vs. winner of G2 (G3)
Playoffs first-round matchups (the former have home-court advantage) —
Winner of Suns vs G3, winner of Grizzlies vs. G1
Warriors vs Nuggets, Lone Rangers vs Jazz
What kind of sparks will emerge from the first round of the two known playoff sets?
Warriors vs Nuggets
This season's clash: The Nuggets are 3 wins and 1 loss
The Nuggets are not afraid of the Warriors, and the Nuggets have played 4 times this season, and the Nuggets have won 3 times. The most important point for the Warriors is Curry's injury. Curry announced that he would return in the first game of the playoffs, which is undoubtedly morale-boosting news for the Warriors. In this season's game with the Nuggets, Curry played in 3 games, averaging 27.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting 48.2% from the field and 33.3% from three-point range. Compared to the season average, the overall shooting rate is higher, but the three-point shooting rate is low.
Jokic has played in 4 games against the Warriors this season, averaging 28 points, 15.8 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game, although the three big data are better than the season average, but the shooting rate is much lower, against the Warriors' 4 games, Jokic shot 51.9%, three-point shooting rate is only 16.7%, and the season of these two data are 58.3% and 33.7%,
Lone Ranger vs Jazz
This season's meeting: The Lone Ranger wins 2 and loses 2
The two teams fought 2-2 in the regular season, but the bad thing is that Doncic was injured in the final game of the regular season, and it is unknown how long it will be absent, which may affect the Lone Ranger's playoffs. If Doncic is to be absent for a while, the Lone Ranger's combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced. In four meetings this season, Doncic played three times, averaging 30 points, 11 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. The Jazz's Mitchell also played 3 games against the Lone Rangers, averaging 23.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, which was significantly inferior to Doncic.