April 13 is the NBA Super Game Day, and all 30 teams have a game assignment to stage the final madness before the end of the regular season. There was a big upset in the West, and the Nuggets, who had previously topped the table, were beaten 120-121 by the bottom-of-the-table Spurs on the road, losing the leading position. The Spurs only want to be happy for a while, but the probability of picking the top pick next season is greatly reduced.
There is one round to go, the regular season is coming to an end, and the teams that have qualified for the playoffs or the play-offs are trying to win to win a good playoff position and home advantage. However, under such circumstances, there was a big cold in the west.
After winning the battle with the Timberwolves in the first place, the vast majority of fans predict that the defending champion Nuggets will be the No. 1 spot in the West, and their final two opponents are the Spurs and Grizzlies, all of which are the last teams of the season. However, no one could have imagined that the Nuggets would really turn over in the gutter and lose to the 15th-ranked Spurs, and on the same day, the rivals Thunder and Timberwolves all won, and the Nuggets have fallen to third in the West.
The Nuggets played a little "ho" in this battle of the head and tail, at most, their lead reached 23 points, and the difference at halftime was 18 points, such a point difference, coupled with the huge gap in the strength and ranking of the two teams, it is said that there is no suspense about the outcome of the victory. But what no one expected was that the Spurs actually came to a big reversal in the second half.
In the third quarter, Wembanyama scored 17 points in a single quarter, dominating the game alone, and even dwarfed Jokic with a wonderful performance, and at the end of the quarter, the Spurs narrowed the gap to 7 points. In the decisive quarter, the Nuggets were a little flustered, and the Spurs continued to exert their strength, and a wave of 9-2 attacks erased the difference. Near the end of the game, Graham, who came off the bench for the Spurs, hit consecutive throws and scored four points in a row. At the last moment, the Nuggets made another 5-second service error, and the Spurs relied on Graham's quasi-stunner to narrowly defeat the opponent 121-120 and complete the big comeback.
This is the charm of competitive sports, who would have thought that such a result, the first lost to the bottom first. Wembanyama once again played a superstar-level performance, shooting 12-of-27 from the field and delivering luxurious statistics of 34 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. On the Nuggets side, Jokic's 22 points and 12 assists and Murray's 35 points were lost, and this big upset cost them the top spot in the West, and perhaps this loss will also have an impact on the final playoff results, and it is impossible to judge at this time.
Spurs, on the other hand, are tenacious, beating the strong with the weak, and the players are not giving up because the opponent is strong and the season is coming to an end. However, after the Spurs win, their record surpassed that of the Eastern Hornets and lost the third-to-last place in the league. According to the rules, in the new season's draft, the probability of winning the top three in the bottom three is 14%, and the fourth from the bottom is 12.5%, and the probability of the Spurs getting the top pick is reduced, and there is little hope of getting the top pick for two consecutive years.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin