On January 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season played 5 games, all of which were participated by Western teams, namely: Kings away to Pistons, Timberwolves away to Magic, Trail Blazers away to Knicks, Mavericks home to Grizzlies, Lakers home to Raptors, after today's game, Timberwolves 1st, Kings 5th, Mavericks 7th......
The Kings experienced a big upset today, they trailed the Pistons by 18 points 29-47 in the first quarter, trailing by 20 points at most, they also gave the Pistons a wave of 39-18 in the second quarter, and the halftime completed the overtake, the two sides tied in the third quarter, and the Kings showed a strong team demeanor in the final quarter, and finally won 131-110 over the Pistons, after this game, the Kings continued to rank fifth in the West with 22 wins and 14 losses, one win away from the fourth Clippers, the Kings have a chance to compete for a top-four spot, and their primary goal is to surpass the Clippers...... In this game, Sabonis cut a triple-double, scoring 37 points, 10 boards, 13 assists and 3 steals on 16-of-21 shooting, Murray 32 points and 5 boards, Fox 26 points, and bench Monk 20 points.
The Timberwolves are worthy of being the leader in the West, facing the upstart Magic in the East, the Timberwolves led by 30 points at 67-37 in the first half, leading by 34 points at most in the game, and the second half basically became garbage time, and the full-court battle, the Timberwolves defeated the Magic 113-92, and the record came to 26-10 to continue to rank first in the West, Towns scored a game-high 28 points plus 6 boards, 5 assists and 3 steals, Gobert 21 points, 12 boards and 3 blocks, and Edwards only scored 6 points, 4 boards, 3 assists and 5 turnovers on 2-of-7 shooting.
The second-to-last Trail Blazers in the West faced the Knicks away, the Trail Blazers were pressed and beaten throughout the game, losing 16 points in the first quarter, 6 points in the second quarter, losing 14 points in the third quarter, and the bench against the bench in the final quarter, the Trail Blazers saved a little face, won back 8 points in a single quarter, and played the whole game, the Trail Blazers lost to the Knicks 84-112, Grant 21 points, plus/minus -31, Tanhuaxiu Henderson 8 points and 4 assists, plus/minus -26, after this game, the Trail Blazers 10-26 continued to rank second to last in the West.
The Mavericks with Irving and Doncic did not take advantage of the Grizzlies without Morant at home, the Grizzlies led the Mavericks by 22 points at most in the first half, and still led 68-53 at halftime, Doncic and Irving only shot 9 of 23 in the half, the Mavericks still did not make achievements in the third quarter, and lost another 5 points in a single quarter, and finally the Mavericks lost to the Grizzlies 103-120, after this game, the Grizzlies won three in a row, with a record of 14 wins and 23 losses and continued to rank thirteenth in the West, and the Mavericks ended a three-game winning streak, with a record of 22 wins and 16 losses and was surpassed by the Pelicans (22-15) to fall to seventh in the West, Bane 32 points, 9 boards and 4 assists, Smart 23 points, Irving had 33 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals on 11-of-25 shooting, and Doncic had 31 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals on 9-of-21 shooting.
The Lakers faced the Raptors at home, the Lakers led 28-24 in the first quarter, thick eyebrows played the first quarter, 9 shots 7 scored 16 points, James 5 assists in a single quarter, the second quarter Raptors played 29-23 after the score, the third quarter of the two sides almost tied, the last quarter thick eyebrows played well, 20 points in a single quarter, and finally the Lakers narrowly defeated the Raptors 132-131, after this game, the Lakers 19-19 continued to rank tenth in the West, James got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists, Davis 13 of 17, 2 of 2 three-pointers, 13 of 14 free throws and cut 41 points, 11 boards and 6 assists。
Judging from the current ranking in the West, the top seven teams in the West and the teams behind have opened up a distance of 3 wins, and they will not fall below the eighth place in a short time, and the difference between the five teams after the seventh place is only 1.5 games, so the competition for the three play-off places in the West will be very fierce, and the Rockets, Suns, Lakers, Jazz, and Warriors may enter the top 10 at any time......