5 consecutive wins! 3 wins in 4 games! Not only the Clippers, but also the two teams in the West are also on the Northern Expedition, and the ranking of the West has changed greatly
On January 22, Beijing time, today's NBA games have all been played, and the Magic defeated the Heat on the Eastern side, and they stabilized the eighth place in the East, and the Heat suffered three consecutive defeats, but the Pacers also lost today, so the Heat is still ranked sixth in the East. The Green Army won today, they are still ranked first in the East, the strength gap between the teams on the eastern side is very large, so the ranking is very stable, and today the two teams on the western side have improved their rankings, so let's talk about the ranking changes in the west.
The Clippers are close to the top three in the West
In the case of falling behind by 18 points at one point, I thought that the Clippers would choose to surrender the gun in the fourth quarter, but Tyronn Lue sacrificed his death five small, Wei Shao + George + Harden + Powell + Leonard, this lineup Wei Shao played 5, as a result, he locked Claxton, let the latter play 7 minutes in the last quarter to score 0 points and 0 boards, Wei Shao is 5 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, after the Clippers scored five small, the opponent did not score a point in the last 4 minutes, and the team reversed the opponent 22-0.
After the win, the Clippers also shrunk the gap between them and the first in the West, and now the team is only 2.5 wins away from the first place in the West, and they have also widened the gap with the teams in the second half of the division, and now the Clippers are 3 wins ahead of the fifth Pelicans, which means that if the Clippers don't want to pursue the top three records in the West, they can completely let the core rest for a while after that, but looking at the momentum of the Clippers now, they have the momentum to hit the first place in the West.
In this game, Wei Shao came off the bench and scored 23 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, because of his energy so that the Clippers did not lose their fighting spirit, Harden scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists, and Harden assisted the Clippers in the last double-double game with a total of 12 wins and 1 loss, which is too strong, although Xiaoka only made 6 of 15 shots in the whole game, but he scored 14 points in 4 of 4 in the final quarter, and scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, George paddled a game and scored 12 points on 5 of 17 shots.
The Suns are in the top seven with five straight wins
Can the team still win when the bench loses by 46 points? If you talk about other teams, maybe they can't win, but the Suns have a top offensive trio, relying on the furious output of the three cores in the final quarter, the Suns finally crushed the opponent, and the Pacers still led the Suns by two points in the last three minutes of regular time, after which Beal scored six points in a row, Durant hit a three-pointer, and Booker made a free throw, killing the suspense of the game.
After the win, the Suns won 5 consecutive wins, they also surpassed the Kings who lost 4 in a row, and hit the seventh position, their win difference was the same as the Mavericks, and the Pelicans were only half a win away from the fifth, according to the current momentum of the Suns, they were also going to the Northern Expedition, before the Suns once fell out of the top 10 in the division, but after Beal's return, the team played a winning streak, and in the 12 games after Beal's comeback, the team won 9 games.
Durant was the first contributor to the win, with 40 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and 40 points from 0 free throws, he is also the oldest player in history to achieve this feat, and Durant is also one of the strongest scorers in the league. Booker scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, and Beal had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Lakers beat the Trail Blazers
After losing to the Nets in the last game, the Lakers set the tone from the beginning, Russell continued his steady play, and scored 13 points and 3 assists in the third quarter to help the team extend the lead to more than 20 points, and the game also lost its suspense, although the Trail Blazers had a climax in the fourth quarter, but Russell made two three-pointers to directly kill the suspense of the game.
After the win, the Lakers' winning rate returned to 50%, and they surpassed the Jazz with 22 wins and 22 losses to reach ninth in the West, but they are still far from the top eight in the West, and are now 2.5 wins away from the Kings, although they have recently lost to the Nets, but the Lakers have also won three of the last four games, two of which have won the top six teams in the West, and they have come back from outside the top ten in the West, and they are also on the Northern Expedition.
In this game, Russell scored 34 points and 8 assists, James got 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and thick eyebrows got 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Rockets drifting away?
The Rockets lost to the Celtics today, and in the absence of Van Jordan and Jabari Smith, the Rockets' loss to the opponent is understandable, after all, the overall strength is insufficient, but they played very resilient and put a lot of pressure on the Green Army. After the loss, the Rockets are now one win away from the Lakers in ninth place in the West, although it is not much, but Jabari Smith's injury has hit the Rockets hard.
In this game, Shen Jing scored a triple-double of 24 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, which was his first triple-double performance this season, Jalen Green got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, but it was still very inefficient with 18 shots, Dillon Brooks got 25 points and 5 rebounds, Amen Thompson scored 15 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists, and Aaron Holiday scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.
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