Detailed play-off matchup: Zhan Huang Curry is still expected to meet Can the 7th Divine Law and the 10th Spell be broken?
On April 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season ushered in the final day. With the Lakers beating the Pelicans 124-108 on the road, the Warriors and Kings both won, and the 76ers and Heat in the East also won all of them, and all eight teams in this year's play-offs have been produced.
The specific matchups and times are:
Lakers-Pelicans (Wednesday 7:30 a.m. CST), Warriors-Kings (Wednesday 10:00 a.m. CST)
76ers - Heat (Thursday 7:00 a.m. CST), Hawks - Bulls (Thursday 9:30 a.m. CST)
The eighth-place play-off tie will be played on Saturday Beijing time, with a time to be determined.
The Lakers and Pelicans have played each other a total of four times this season, and the Lakers have a 3-1 record, which has helped them gain a psychological advantage. In the comparison of the stars of the two teams, James's personal career record against Zion has come to 7-1, almost showing a crushing trend. It should be noted that this is the third time in four years that the Lakers have participated in the play-in tournament, and the first two times the Lakers entered the playoffs in seventh place, and won both games to enter the playoffs as seventh.
The Warriors and Kings have met four times this season, with each side winning two and drawing the game. It is worth mentioning that the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs last season, when Curry scored 50 points in the tiebreaker, and the Warriors eliminated the Kings 4-3 to complete the following victory. However, the playoff experience was not great for the Warriors, who lost back-to-back games to the Lakers and Grizzlies in the 2021 playoffs.
The 76ers and Heat have met four times in the regular season this season, and the two sides have played 2-2! Both teams have suffered injuries this season, which is why the Heat are participating in the playoffs again as last season's Eastern Conference champions, while Embiid's 76ers are participating in the playoffs for the first time. It is worth mentioning that the Heat staged the Black Eight miracle last season, they lost one game in the play-offs, then won the second play-off, and eliminated the Bucks, Knicks and Celtics in a row as the eighth to advance to the Finals.
The Hawks vs. Bulls matchup was the first group to be identified, with the Bulls holding a 2-1 advantage in the three meetings in the regular season. The key star to watch is Trae Young of the Hawks, who is in the play-in tournament for the third year in a row and has a 3-0 career playoff record (beating the Hornets, Cavaliers, and Heat), averaging 29 points, 4.7 rebounds and 9 assists in those three playoff games.
In the history of the previous play-offs, the 7th team in the division all qualified for the playoffs, while the 10th team in the division all missed the playoffs, which also highlights the importance of two lives and home advantage, will the seventh law and the tenth curse be broken this year?
The results of the play-offs over the years are as follows:
In addition, Tatum scored 50 points in the 2021 play-offs, which is still a play-off record, will anyone set a new single-game record this year?