On April 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lakers lost 120-134 to the Warriors at home, suffering two consecutive defeats, giving up the initiative. In this game, Davis was absent, and the Lakers tried their best on the court, but the Warriors felt hot outside the three-point line, scoring 26 three-pointers in the whole game, and the shooting rate exceeded 60%, which made the Lakers powerless and finally accepted a heavy defeat.
This match will be crucial for both sides, as the winning side will have the initiative in the rest of the battle for the rankings. It's a pity that Davis couldn't play before the game, so that the Lakers lost a core, and the Warriors played with all their strength, and the momentum was hot, the Lakers could bite at first, but they soon fell into a passive situation, and in the final quarter, as the Warriors hit three points again in succession, the Lakers were also powerless, and finally lost the game, lost the initiative, and wanted to rush to the top eight can only look at other people's faces.
This result is indeed quite desperate for the Lakers, who have been in excellent form in the past period, winning 9 of 10 games and rushing to 8th place in the West. But James suddenly fell ill, and Davis was hit in the face again, which also caused the team to directly suffer a wave of 2 consecutive defeats, a very fatal 2 consecutive defeats, if the Lakers can win these two games, then they have come to the seventh place in the West, which is really a pity. In this way, the Lakers lost a good game, it is really a trick, and now the Lakers are already in a passive situation, even if they win all the next 2 games, they may fall to the tenth position.
The Warriors were completely counterattacked, they were already determined to be 10th in the West, but they didn't expect their opponents to make mistakes, and they also seized the opportunity, winning consecutive games, winning 8 of the last 9 games, only losing to the Mavericks by 2 points on the road. The Warriors are now only half a win away from the Lakers and one win away from the eighth-place Kings, giving them a chance to move up the rankings even further.
All five teams in the Pacific region made the playoffs last season, becoming the strongest division, and it is impossible to replicate this season, but they are still locked in the top 10. The Clippers have already secured the title and four other teams are in the play-in tournament, which is still interesting. The Suns, Kings, Lakers and Warriors, who were all in the playoffs last season, will compete directly for a playoff spot this time.