At a critical juncture in the race for the top 10 in the West, some teams are losing in a row.
At the end of the season, the Western standings are still full of suspense.
The top three are determined to be the Timberwolves, Nuggets, and Thunder, but there is very little difference between each other's wins, and the Timberwolves are currently 53-24, ranking first in the West, and the Nuggets are also 53-24, ranking second due to the disadvantage, and the Thunder are 52-25 and third-to-last.
The Thunder have four wins ahead of the fourth-place Clippers, so unless they lose the rest of their games, they are unlikely to fall to fourth.
But the Thunder suffered a three-game losing streak after losing to the Pacers today, with the team's core Alexander and No. 2 scorer Jalen Williams missing the last three games due to injury.
For the Thunder, it just happened that the core was injured and could lie down to the third place in the West. Third in the West should be a better position for the Thunder.
If it is the first place in the West, the Thunder may have to play against the Lakers or the Kings in the play-offs, and the regular season is 1-3 against the Lakers and 1-2 against the Kings, which are not easy to play.
If they are third and the Suns are just sixth, the Suns are a better opponent for the Thunder, who are 3-0 against the Suns in the regular season.
Although the playoffs are not the regular season, the Thunder do have a disadvantage in size against the Lakers.
The Thunder players are mainly skinny, and the Lakers have size, height and strength at the front, and they are offensive routines that go inside, and the Thunder's size is difficult to match.
Comparatively, against the Suns, the Thunder did not have such a significant disadvantage.
Although the Suns have Nurkic, the Thunder's all-space formation is the least afraid of big centers.
The last time the Thunder and Suns met, Alexander was absent, and the Suns still lost.
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