The fourth and sixth battles for the Suns fell to eighth The Rockets are closing in on the Warriors with nine straight wins
The NBA regular season on March 26, Beijing time, has all ended, 11 games, 22 teams played mixed results, the pattern of the West has changed greatly, the Nuggets won, a wave of 4 consecutive wins to lead. The Clippers lost to the Pacers and dropped to fifth. The Mavericks and Kings won, and the Suns dropped to eighth in the West after losing. The Rockets won a wave of 9 consecutive wins, only 0.5 wins away from the Warriors, and in the regular season sprint, the West is full of highlights.
The Nuggets ushered in a four-game winning streak, under the leadership of Jokic, they beat the Grizzlies by 25 points, Jokic scored 29 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals. It is worth mentioning that after the NBA All-Star ended, the Nuggets broke out completely, achieving a record of 15 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the league at the same time.
The Clippers lost to the Pacers, so the Clippers and Pelicans have the same record, and the two teams want to challenge for the top four and get home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, and they will have to face each other directly. At the same time, the Clippers and Pelicans need to be wary of the impact of the Mavericks and other teams behind them, after all, the gap is not big.
The race for sixth place in the West is heating up, after all, the sixth place can go straight to the playoffs without having to participate in the play-offs. The Suns lost to the Spurs by two points in this round, while the main rivals Kings and Mavericks both won, and the Suns fell directly from sixth place to eighth in the West. These three teams are battling for the sixth spot, and it is clear that the Mavericks, who are currently on a four-game winning streak, have the advantage.
The Rockets are on a nine-game winning streak and are just 0.5 wins away from the Warriors, who are in 10th place in the West. In the game against the Trail Blazers, the Rockets were behind in the first half for a while, but fortunately, Landale exploded, and Dillon and VanVleet hit key shots in the final quarter in a row, and the Rockets won the victory. In this way, the Rockets' record has reached 36-35, the number of wins has tied with the Warriors, and they have lost one more game than their opponents, and in the final stage of the regular season, the heroic Rockets see the hope of breaking into the play-offs.
The teams that currently miss the playoffs in the West are the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers and the Spurs, of which the Trail Blazers have suffered a seven-game losing streak and the Spurs are at the bottom of the table.