On April 13, Beijing time, the pattern of the NBA West changed again, the Nuggets lost the top spot in the Western Conference, the Clippers locked in fourth, the Pelicans and Suns are still competing for the top six, and the Lakers have risen to eighth.
Latest Western Conference standings: Thunder, Timberwolves, Nuggets, Clippers, Mavericks, Pelicans, Suns, Lakers, Kings, Warriors, Rockets, Jazz, Grizzlies, Spurs, Trail Blazers.
The Timberwolves defeated the Hawks 109-106, the Nuggets were reversed by the Spurs by 23 points, and the top three in the West had the same record of 56-25 again, and the Thunder rose to first place (the Thunder is a wave of four consecutive wins), the Timberwolves were second, and the Nuggets were third. (Wembanyama scored 34 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists, beating Wen Jing)
The Mavericks took turns to rest all the main players and defeated the league's penultimate Pistons, Kidd didn't want to win this game, and the Clippers directly locked up the fourth place in the West. The Clippers' one-point loss to the Jazz does not affect the rankings.
The Lakers moved up to eighth after a narrow three-point win over the Grizzlies, before the Warriors were reversed by the Pelicans and the Kings were reversed by the Suns. The Lakers are 46-35 and have a win against the Kings and Warriors.
Before this game day, the American media bxr predicted that the Lakers only had a 24% probability of entering the playoffs, and once the Lakers entered the top half of the play-offs with two lives in hand, the probability of entering the play-offs will inevitably be greatly improved.
It is worth mentioning this game day: the Grizzlies, Pelicans, and Suns all became Lakers, the Grizzlies lost to the Lakers to help the Lakers rise to eighth, the Pelicans beat the Warriors to give the Warriors and the Lakers one win, and the Suns beat the Kings to make the Kings and the Lakers one win.
This season, the Warriors vs. Lakers are 3-1 and the Kings vs. Lakers are 4-0, and if these three teams end up with the same record, then the Lakers will be tenth, so it's important that both the Warriors/Kings lose this game day.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream