This season's NBA regular season is coming to an end, and as Booker said after the Suns and Clippers game today, every game is an early playoff game for many teams.
The Clippers and the Mavericks will usher in a key matchup in the first round, which is also the third time in the past five seasons that the two sides have met in the first round.
The "Eastern European Combination" fights against the Big Four, which is bound to be an extreme offensive and defensive battle.
The Nuggets and the Timberwolves staged a battle for the top spot, and Jokic once again showed his MVP nature in the face of the wolves, and also "crushed" DPOY Gobert, winning statistics while helping the defending champion return to the first place in the West.
The battle for the top spot is just as tragic as the battle for the 6-10 places in the West, but after the Clippers deliberately "let go" of the Suns, it seems that the suspense is not very great to a certain extent.
Of course, the so-called revenge battle of the sun can be described as a very "humiliating" victory.
But it was such a "pyrrhic victory" that made the "NBA Spring Festival Gala" certain that this season would not appear in the form of a series.
With an extremely complicated relationship with each other's records, the Lakers and Warriors have been determined to completely miss the top six in the West and are locked in the play-offs.
This means that even if both teams do make the playoffs, one team will inevitably face the defending champion Nuggets after two brutal play-off games.
I believe many Lakers fans will shudder, after all, the scene of being swept in the Western Conference finals last season is still vivid.
For the Warriors, it was a good momentum to be able to win back-to-back games in the closing stages of the regular season, and many games were won by direct competitors in the card battle.
Kuchai Tang and Paul are still proving with their actions that the Golden State Warriors have not fallen to the point of decline.
But after all, defense is the last word in the playoffs, and no matter who of the top three they face, it will be difficult for the Warriors to gain the upper hand these days.
But anything is possible in competitive sports, and it remains to be seen whether the Lakers and Warriors can stir up a "big brawl" in the play-off zone that will affect the entire West.
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