NBA: The dark horse suffered a fiasco, the Clippers were upset, the first place in the West changed hands, and the Lakers won three in a row to throw off the Warriors
The NBA regular season continues, and another game day is over, and for the Western Conference standings, there is still a lot of change after the end of this game day. The Clippers lost in an upset and unstable position, and the dark horse team in the East suffered a heavy defeat, which was also in a bad situation, and the Lakers' winning streak in the West widened the gap with the Warriors. Let's take a look at some of the key games. NBA: The dark horse suffered a fiasco, the Clippers were upset, the first place in the West changed hands, and the Lakers won three in a row to throw off the Warriors.
The Pelicans started with the underdog Pistons and the Clippers at home against the remnants of the 76ers, and the Pelicans finally beat the Pistons without surprise, winning the game and winning the game to 44-27 to chase the Clippers, which also made the outcome of the game between the Clippers and the 76ers crucial. The Clippers played a bad performance when the Big Three played, and were opened up by the 76ers early, although they began to try to chase points, but in the final quarter, Tyronn Lue's operation looked directly at everyone. Leonard, George and Harden didn't play well, and the Clippers arguably played their worst game of the season, losing by 14 points, which also pushed their record to 44-26. With only 0.5 wins ahead of the Pelicans, the Clippers will not be able to retain their fourth place if they continue like this.
In the middle of the Eastern dark horse team and the Heat contest, the Cavaliers challenged the Heat away from home, the Cavaliers completely lost themselves on the offensive end, and only 84 points in the whole game, which is enough to prove the sluggish offensive state of the team, the Heat team blossomed to 121 points, and finally beat the Cavaliers by 37 points, after losing the game, the Cavaliers are also unstable in the third place in the standings, and the Heat is rising to seventh, only 0.5 wins behind the 6th Pacers, and is expected to get further out of the play-offs.
The remaining three games directly changed the situation in the Western Conference standings, and the strong dialogue between the Bucks and the Thunder finally ended with a victory against the Bucks at home. In the whole game, Brother Alphabet blasted 30 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists to directly blow up Holmgren, Chet only had 6 points and 4 rebounds on 1-of-10 shooting in the whole game, and finally the Bucks won the game by beating the opponent. The Thunder's loss also made the Nuggets' record surpass them and even the first place in the Western Conference standings, the Nuggets currently have a 50-21 record and a wave of three consecutive wins, and their next game against the weak Grizzlies is not surprising, the Nuggets can stabilize their position at the top of the standings.
The Warriors' games against the Timberwolves and the Lakers' games against the Pacers will be crucial for the two teams, who are in ninth and 10th place in the play-off. You must know that after the Rockets have won a wave of consecutive victories, they have gradually narrowed the gap with the Warriors, and the Warriors once had a chance to win the opponent in this game against the Timberwolves. It was Kerr's pinch substitution that directly led to the collapse of the team. At the beginning of the final quarter, Curry sat on the sidelines to rest, which directly allowed the Timberwolves to play a wave to open up the difference.
Curry only played 29 minutes in the whole game, and in such a crucial game, it is obviously unreasonable for such a star to play time, you must know that the Lakers next door played about 40 minutes in order to win the opponent James and thick eyebrows. In the end, the Warriors were opened up by the Timberwolves in the final quarter and unfortunately lost the game. After losing the game, the Warriors have a record of 36-34, and the Rockets behind them are 35-35 and are currently only one win behind the Warriors.
Compared with the Warriors, the Lakers are full of strength to win the duel with the Pacers, and the two sides contributed a wonderful offensive drama, the Lakers once led by double digits in the final quarter, and the Pacers hit three points in a row at the critical moment of the crazy counterattack, and the Lakers were fortunate to stabilize the situation and win the game without danger. James contributed 26 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists, thick eyebrows contributed 36 points and 16 rebounds for a big double-double, Reaves 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and Dinwiddie, who started the game in place of Russell, scored 26 points and 5 assists on 8-of-11 shooting, and the whole team blossomed in more points, and finally won the game and won the opponent. The Lakers sit firmly in ninth place and currently lead the Warriors by 2.5 games. The most important thing is that they are only 2.5 wins behind the Mavericks in eighth place in the standings. The Lakers are still expected to break into the top eight in the standings.