Today, in 5 NBA games, Curry led the Warriors to 3 consecutive wins, and Yao Ming's old club Houston Rockets played
On the morning of April 12 (today, Friday), Beijing time, the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) regular season will only stage 5 matchups. Because it is not the NBA broadcast day of China Central Radio and Television, there are no live broadcast plans on major CCTV sports platforms, including CCTV5, and local stations such as Shanghai Five Star Sports will not broadcast live on TV. Two of the three major platforms were broadcast live on the Internet and mobile phones.
At 7 a.m., the Chicago Bulls traveled to play the Detroit Pistons, the vice leader of the East.
The Bulls, led by DeRozan and LaVine, suffered two straight defeats, ranked ninth in the NBA Eastern Conference standings with 37 wins and 42 losses, and have advanced to the playoffs. The Pistons suffered a five-game losing streak and sank to the bottom of the Eastern Conference with the league's worst record of 13-66.
At 7:30 a.m., Eastern Conference leaders Boston sat at home against the New York Knicks, and Tencent Video and ESPN and other American television stations broadcast live across the United States. Tatum-led Boston lost to Antetokounmpo and Lillard's Milwaukee Bucks in their last game, but still led the league with a league-best record of 62-17 and locked up the Eastern Conference regular season title early. The Knicks are third in the East with a 47-32 record, but their position is not secure, just 0.5 wins ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers behind them.
At 9 a.m., the Houston Rockets played away against the Utah Jazz. The Rockets, the old club of Yao Ming, the helmsman of Chinese basketball, swept away the previous decline this season and once ranked at the top of the Western Conference standings, but the results in the final stage had ups and downs, and the ranking fell all the way, ranking 11th in the Western Conference standings with 39 wins and 40 losses, and has bid farewell to the playoffs in advance. The Jazz have lost 13 in a row and are 29-50 in 12th place in the West. Both teams have run out of desires, and it's a chicken rib battle.
At 10 a.m., two NBA games kicked off at the same time.
The Golden State Warriors play away against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Warriors, who have the splash brothers Curry, Klay Thompson and Chris Paul, got off to a bad start, but had a good finish in the final period, ranking 10th in the West with 44 wins and 35 losses, catching the last train of the playoffs, and in front of the Warriors, the Lakers led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis are ranked ninth in the West at 45-35, only 0.5 wins behind the Warriors, and there is hope of moving up the rankings. The Trail Blazers suffered two straight losses and finished second to last in the West (14th) with a 21-58 record. There is little suspense for the Warriors to win three in a row.
The New Orleans Pelicans face off against the Sacramento Kings on the Shanghai SITV Sports and National Live. The Pelicans, led by Zion, Ingram, McCollum and Valanciunas, have won two straight games and are in sixth place in the West with 47 wins and 32 losses. The Kings are eighth in the West with a 45-34 record. Both teams will be hoping to secure the standings with a victory, and this is a fierce matchup.
What are the results of today's five NBA games?