The Timberwolves regained No. 1, the Lakers fell to No. 9, and the Rockets were out
On April 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to be hot!Timberwolves 127-117 Lakers, Warriors 118-110 Jazz, Kings 107-77 Nets, Spurs 126-133 Philadelphia 76ers, Pelicans 113-105 Suns, Thunder 121-118 Hornets, Trail Blazers 107-124 Celtics, Rockets 136-147 Mavericks, Clippers 120-118 Cavaliers. With the results of these games being decided, the playoff pattern of the Wild West has become a mess! The Timberwolves defeated the Lakers to regain the first place in the West, the Mavericks reversed the Rockets by 22 points, and sat firmly in the fifth place in the West, and the Lakers fell out of the top eight in the West again after losing to the Timberwolves and missing five consecutive wins!
The Timberwolves won the Lakers away to 54-24, which allowed them to regain the first place in the West again, and the Nuggets were squeezed into the second place in the West! In the continuous absence of Towns, the Timberwolves continued to soar under the leadership of Edwards, which is impressive! The wolf cubs who were slaughtered in the past seem to have really grown up, and they are fully expected to become the roadblocks in the West! The Thunder narrowly defeated the Hornets to end a three-game losing streak and bring their record to 53-25, which gives them hope of hitting the first place in the West while consolidating the third place in the West!
The Fourth Clippers and the Fifth Mavericks today performed a Jedi counterattack one after another to complete a super reversal! The Clippers once trailed the Cavaliers by as many as 26 points, but with Paul George's god descending in the fourth quarter, they were finally able to complete the super reversal! George scored 23 points in the final quarter and sent a key block in the middle of the game, which can be described as a god in a battle! After this battle, the Clippers' record came to 50-28, which further consolidated their fourth position in the West, and they are currently as many as two wins ahead of the fifth Mavericks.
The Clippers made a 26-point comeback, and the fifth Mavericks were once behind by 22 points in the game against the Rockets, but the Mavericks fought back under the leadership of Doncic and Irving, and tied the score in regular time to drag the game into overtime. The Mavericks came to a 48-30 record after beating the Rockets by 22 points in overtime, which made them comfortable in the fifth position. With four games left in the regular season, they still have a chance to challenge the Clippers for the fourth spot!
The Suns lost to the Pelicans to end a three-game winning streak, which made their sixth position in the West precarious! After this battle, the Suns and Pelicans have the same record of 46-32, but they have been cornered by the seventh Pelicans, and they will fall out of the top six if they are not careful! The Kings beat the Nets by 30 points, and the Lakers lost to the Timberwolves in James' absence to end a four-game winning streak. Fortunately, they are only 0.5 wins behind the Kings and are expected to return to the top eight in the future to avoid the Warriors in the first round of the play-offs.
The Warriors beat the Jazz to end their losing streak and continue to rank 10th in the West with a record of 43-35, which allowed them to officially qualify for the play-offs this season, and also officially ended the last glimmer of the Rockets' playoff hopes. After this game, the gap between the Warriors and the Lakers has been reduced to 1.5 wins, which gives them hope of moving up the rankings! If you win, you can hit the top eight in the West again!