On December 23, Beijing time, the Golden State Warriors won a big victory, winning 4 consecutive victories after defeating the Wizards, and they are getting closer and closer to 5 consecutive wins.
However, the bigger winner of the Warriors' win this time was not themselves, but another team, and the most surprising team, the Los Angeles Lakers. Because with the victory of the Warriors, the Lakers became the happiest one, and Curry gave James an assist, which can be regarded as repaying James's appreciation and praise for him.
In the last game against the Green Shirts Celtics, Zhan deigned to praise Curry's performance personally. Because Curry scored 20 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead the Warriors to victory, James immediately tweeted Curry's praise, posting a chef's expression and a prayer expression with both hands, and Curry's nickname is Chef.
It's not rude, so since James is so kind to Curry, a good brother, and now Curry has also reciprocated, with them blowing up the Wizards, and at the same time the Suns lost, the two teams worked together to lift the Los Angeles Lakers to No. 9. The three former heroes in the league, Curry James Durant, have now become the auspicious three treasures, which is really embarrassing and very cruel.
After the Warriors won the game, they won four straight games to move to 14-14, and the other side of the Suns suffered a 14-14 defeat to the Kings, and the two teams had exactly the same record, ranking 10th and 11th respectively. Originally, the Lakers were about to fall out of the play-off area, but now the Warriors won, the Suns are out, the Lakers have no game, and they have come to the 9th place in the West, their record is 15-14, relying on the advantage of one more game to temporarily prevail, but considering that the Warriors' next back-to-back opponents are the Trail Blazers, who are in the bottom 2 of the West, their ranking may continue to improve.
So at present, the Warriors are the team that is most likely to break away from the battle for the auspicious three treasures first, of course, James also has to thank him, without the victory of the Warriors and the defeat of the Suns, he would not be able to lie at home, and lie down to the 9th place in the West, although the ninth is not very good-looking, but it is better than the tenth.
But now the big three will meet the play-off championships, and the situation is different. The Warriors are on a winning streak, the Suns and Lakers are losing in a row, the Suns are losing two in a row, the Lakers are losing four in a row, and the Warriors are winning four in a row, the situation is obviously better, and the Warriors have found the right way to play after Green's suspension, which is to reuse young people and abandon this high-paid and incompetent cancer.
In contrast, the Lakers and Suns are still struggling in the quagmire, especially the opponents of the Thunder and Celtics in the next two games of the Zhan Huang Lakers, which are very strong enemies. The Suns certainly have a relatively tough schedule, but they have more breaks than any other team, with a full two days of rest and a little weaker against the Mavericks. So maybe the Suns also have a chance to follow the Warriors out of this quagmire, and although the Lakers are now the highest, they are the most disadvantageous of the auspicious three treasures.
But even if Curry stands out from this ranks, there is actually nothing to be happy about, because once upon a time the team of these three superstars must have been the top three or top two championship teams in the league, and now the three teams have been reduced to everyone struggling with each other in the play-off area, and there may even be 1~2 of them directly kicked out of the playoffs this season, which is the most cruel thing. The era of the old people will pass after all, and the era of the young people will still come after all.
The top eight teams in the East and West are all under the age of 30, with the Timberwolves in the West first being Edwards, the second Thunder being Alexander, the third Nuggets being Jokic, and the fourth king being Fox. The first Celtics in the East is Tatum, the second Bucks is Antetokounmpo, the third Philadelphia 76ers is Embiid, and the fourth Magic is Banchero.