Losing four in a row! Falling from fifth to the window, the West is in chaos, but the Lakers are the biggest winners
The NBA regular season continues, and the regular season is now coming to an end. And there are a lot of teams in the West who are still struggling to compete for a playoff spot. At the moment, the difference between sixth and ninth wins in the West is not huge. In the remaining games, it is possible to switch places at any time.
Today, the Pelicans hosted the Spurs, and in the end they lost to the Spurs, and they did not take their chances when they met the Spurs, but instead ushered in their own four-game losing streak. At present, the Pelicans have fallen from fifth in the West to seventh in the West, and are in the play-in range. And today the Kings also lost to the Celtics away. The current Kings record is the same as that of the Lakers. The Kings are currently in eighth place in the West, while the Lakers are in ninth place in the West.
The West is already in turmoil, but the current situation is in the best favor of the Lakers, who will be the biggest winners. First of all, the Lakers have won three in a row, and the team's overall condition is very good, plus the Kings Monk is injured, which is very beneficial for the Lakers. The Kings may continue to lose in the future, and the Lakers will most likely finish in the top eight in the West. They will even overtake the Pelicans to move to seventh in the West. And in the next schedule, the Suns have the toughest schedule. It is not ruled out that the Lakers will go all the way to sixth place in the West.
Of course, the premise is that the Lakers have won consecutive games in the following games, which will test the concentration of James and Davis in the next games. The teams up front have more or less had some schedule and injury issues, and if the Lakers can take their chances, they could even avoid the play-in tournament. James is going to turn on his all-out mode next, and every game that follows is equivalent to a playoff game. They have to do their best to win every game.
And for the Warriors, they may have to be prepared for both. On the one hand, they also have to continue to prepare for the playoff matchup with the Lakers. On the other hand, they also have to prepare for the play-off matchup with the Kings. As it stands, the Kings have a good chance of being the Warriors' playoff opponents. Curry has been a little tired in recent times, and Kerr might as well give Curry a rest for the next game. Let him adjust his form, after all, they have locked up 10th place in the West. Curry's condition is very important in a playoff match-winning environment, so it's important to keep him fit enough.