The West is in chaos! The Kings approached the top two, the Suns warriors went together, and Los Angeles fell together
Another race day is over, and the seemingly calm Wild West is actually full of murderous currents! As far as the current situation is concerned, it can be said that the entire West is relatively solid in the first place of the Denver Nuggets West, and the rest of the teams that are fighting in the top six camps and hovering in the play-off qualification area are almost everyone at risk!
First, let's look at today's game Western Conference team situation: Timberwolves 110:102 Lakers, Grizzlies 97:113 Nuggets, Pelicans 99:108 Warriors, Clippers 127:128 Kings, Jazz 103:130 Thunder, Suns 125:104 Bulls, Blazers 111:129 Hawks. With the conclusion of these games, this also directly turned the Wild West playoff pattern upside down! The Grizzlies lost to the Nuggets and the Kings narrowly defeated the Clippers, which revived the suspense of the top two in the West, as the third King was only one win behind the second Grizzlies. The Fourth Sun and the Fifth Warrior go hand in hand and continue to march forward! But in strong contrast with it, the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers, these two brothers both fell and suffered defeat, and the playoffs are getting worse!
Looking at the entire West, the Nuggets, who are currently ranked first, may have peace of mind, because no team can threaten their position as the boss of the West. Today, after the Nuggets' victory over the Grizzlies, in addition to further consolidating their Western Conference dominance, they extended their lead over the second Grizzlies to six wins. The Kings had a tough game with the Clippers, and they managed to turn around in the final moments by taking advantage of Wilson's fatal mistake to win five straight by one point. The Kings went to 37-25 and consolidated third place in the West while trailing the Grizzlies second, and have now narrowed their trail to one win.
While the competition between the Grizzlies and Kings of the second group entered a fever pitch, the Suns and Warriors of the same third group chose to go hand in hand, and the scene was very harmonious. Today, the Suns beat the Bulls to win their second game with Durant, and the Warriors reversed the Pelicans to win five straight with Curry and Wiggins continuing to be absent. After this game, the Suns had a 35-29 record and the Warriors were 34-30, and the two teams continued to have a winning difference while maintaining the fourth and fifth positions in the West, and it is not known when this peaceful coexistence will be broken! The Lone Ranger, ranked sixth with 33 wins and 31 losses, chose to follow the Suns and Warriors, and everyone maintained a position and did not invade each other.
The competition in the play-off qualification zone is currently highly intense, and the gap between the seventh Timberwolves, eighth Clippers, ninth jazz, and tenth Pelicans is almost negligible! Because their record is very unstable, almost always sunny and sometimes rainy, very erratic. Among them, the Clippers are really incomprehensible, and they have suffered five consecutive losses after Wei Shao joined, falling from the top four to eighth, like a curse.
Meanwhile, the Clippers' brother Lakers are no better off today, and even if the thick eyebrows come back, they can't save the team from swallowing the loss. Lost to the Timberwolves by eight points, and the thick eyebrows were cut 35+8+2. You know, if they win today, they can reach the play-offs, but unfortunately they still have a little luck and can only continue to stay in the eleventh position. As for the team behind the Lakers, they have basically given up on hitting the lottery this season with all their might, and even though Lillard is still struggling, his Blazers are always uncompetitive! The defeat to the Hawks swallowed a three-game losing streak that kept them further and further away from the play-off zone.