On April 9, Beijing time, the NBA regular season had a short day off to make way for the NCAA finals, and at the end of the season, the competition in the West was still fierce, with the Lakers losing to the Timberwolves 117-127 in the last game, so that the originally disheartened Warriors rekindled their fighting spirit, saw the opportunity to impact upward, and also made the pattern of the Western Conference play-offs change again.
In the last game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, James missed the game due to illness, and in the second quarter of the game, Davis was hit in the eye by Lee Kyle and then withdrew from the game. Originally, the Lakers still had a chance to impact the victory, but with Davis's injury, the Timberwolves began to dominate the court and continued to widen the point difference, finally ending the Lakers' four-game winning streak. And the loss of the Lakers also made the Western Conference playoff competition more suspenseful.
Originally, the Warriors' hope of rushing forward was slim, and Curry was rested in the last game, and calmly accepted to play in the play-offs as tenth. Unexpectedly, the Lakers gave a chance to rekindle the fighting spirit of the Warriors and see an opportunity to impact upward, and now they are only 1.5 wins away, and the two teams will have a direct meeting in the next game. You know, the Warriors faced the Lakers in the first three times this season, with 2 wins and 1 loss, and they still have an advantage, and once they can win again, then they can hold the initiative in their own hands, rather than looking at other people's faces.
The Lakers, on the other hand, suffered a series of blows, and they had a chance to hit the top six, but this loss directly made their chances slim, after all, the opponents in front of them all won. In the next game, James' illness is still in doubtful state, and Davis's eye injury is also doubtful, even if they can play against the Warriors, their state will be a key. Originally, the Lakers' recent momentum was very hot, but they didn't expect to lose to injuries in the end, and once they fell to tenth in the West, they would have to win two games in a row in the play-offs if they wanted to enter the playoffs, which was quite difficult.
Now the four teams in the play-offs are the Pelicans, Kings, Lakers and Warriors, and I believe the league will definitely be more happy to see the Lakers and Warriors advance to the playoffs, after all, the playoffs with James and Curry are complete. During this period, both the Lakers and the Warriors have a chance to rush forward, and their next direct dialogue will be very crucial, and whoever wins the game can take the initiative in the future.