The NBA regular season has entered the final stage of the competition, I have to admire the officials who proposed the play-off format, at least from the perspective of fans, the "playoffs" have started in advance, in the case of the last 2 games left in the regular season, the top 10 teams in the East and West have less than 3 teams to determine the ranking, and before the final game starts, only 5 of the 20 teams have locked the final standings, and the fate of the other teams may change with the end of the last game. In the Western Conference play-off period, the competition was even more fierce, especially the Kings' 107-108 home reversal by the Suns, which completely changed the play-off landscape.
Warriors reap the reward!
For the Warriors, hitting the top 8 in the West is their final goal in the regular season, and after the previous win over the Lakers, the Warriors took the initiative to occupy the 9th place in the West in their own hands, and they are only behind the Kings because they have a worse record against their division opponents. If you want to break into the top 8, the Warriors will hope that the Kings will fall behind on the premise of winning all of them, no, the Kings were thrillingly reversed by the Suns at the last moment, which not only gave the Lakers a big gift, but also gave the Warriors a great opportunity to sit in the 8th place in the West and control their destiny in their own hands, as long as they don't make mistakes, the Warriors can basically lock the 8th seat in the West.
The warrior himself drops the chain!
The opportunity is given to you, but you are useless. In the opening half quarter of the double-digit lead, the Warriors were reversed by the Pelicans on their home court, no matter how hateful Kerr's lineup is, or Curry's continuous mistakes are regrettable, or Paul can only squat in the bottom corner on the court in the end, no ball is embarrassing, in short, the Warriors let the opportunity slip out of their hands, when the fans imagined that the Warriors would definitely win the Jazz, they did not expect that they dropped the chain on their home court, and now the Warriors still want to rush to the 8th place in the West, in addition to their next game must win the Jazz, the Warriors also pray that the Lakers and the Kings will lose。
The Lakers are likely to lose, because they faced the Pelicans away in the final game, and when the Pelicans' core forward Ingram also returned, the Lakers are really not easy to play, and the probability of losing is not small. But if the Warriors want to see the Kings lose to the Trail Blazers in the final game, to be honest, it's a bit of a dream. Not to mention that the Kings also need to win very much, they also want to see the Lakers lose, and if they win, they can return to 8th place in the West, and the Trail Blazers themselves are the belly team in the West, not to mention that the current Trail Blazers have been completely rotten, most of their main core are in a state of early vacation, and the probability of the Kings losing this game is even smaller than that of the Warriors in the top 8.
Curry may miss the playoffs!
Right now, the situation is very bad for the Warriors. Missing the 8th place in the West, this is a high probability event, to break through, the Warriors basically have to win two life-and-death play-offs in a row, which is very difficult, in the history of the play-offs, there is no example of a team in the 10th division through the play-offs to break into the playoffs. In addition, if the Lakers lose to the Pelicans away and fall to 9th and 10th, to be honest, the Warriors will meet the opponent they least want to meet in the first round of the play-offs, don't look at the Warriors 3-1 loss in the face of the Lakers this season, except for the first game when both cores are playing, the Warriors lose at home, and in the next 3 games, the Lakers either don't have James, or they don't have thick eyebrows, these two people have only played 1 quarter together in 3 games, this 1 quarter, the Warriors lost 6 points, and the rest of the situation, at least one of the two was absent due to injury and illness.
Warriors don't break or stand!
The overall performance of the Warriors this season is actually okay, as far as it stands, their regular season record is still better than last season, and everyone knows that Kerr made trouble in the middle of the season, Green was suspended, and there were a lot of negative problems in the team, just like that, the Warriors can still win more than 45 games, and if everything is normal, the Warriors will win about 50 games. But then again, once the Warriors miss the playoffs this season, and I'm sure their management won't sit back any longer, it's time for the team to make some key changes to try and turn the tide and get back into contention.