On April 15th, today's NBA finale officially ended, and the final round of the Western rankings, which were still fiercely contested for rankings, was finally settled, and the final matchup was officially released. The Lakers finished eighth in the West with today's victory over the Pelicans, who finished seventh in the West, and the two sides met again in the playoffs. The Suns escaped the play-in tournament after a win over the Timberwolves to finish sixth in the West, still against the Timberwolves. The Warriors and Kings are ninth and tenth, respectively, and the play-in tournament is once again in a grudge game. Now the playoffs are locked up against the Clippers, Mavericks, Suns and Timberwolves, and the opponents of the Thunder and Nuggets will have to wait for the results of the play-offs.
After the Western Conference playoffs and play-off matchups were officially released, basketball celebrity Xu Jingyu also made a prediction. First of all, he talked about the Warriors, and he believes that there is no suspense in playing the Kings, because the Kings roster is too broken, Huerter and Monk are not there, and Barnes often goes undercover against his old master, and Fox is bound to be alone. In addition, he is also very optimistic about the prospects of the Warriors in the playoffs, saying that there is a chance to stage the Black Eight Miracle this year, because it is easier to play the Thunder than the Nuggets. The Warriors seem to be in danger of being ranked, but they have a huge opportunity, and it is not very difficult to win two games in a row.
As for the situation of the Lakers, Xu Jingyu's point of view is that the Lakers are very entangled now, and winning the Pelicans to lock in eighth is something that must be done, and the Lakers will easily win the Pelicans, because the records of the two sides show a huge disparity in strength, and the thick eyebrows are not afraid of the Pelicans' current interior line. The second is because there is no room for retreat in this game, and if the Lakers win, they will have to play the defending champion Nuggets in the first round, which is a difficult opponent to play. But the Lakers can't think too much about it now, and can only move forward to be worthy of the word competition. Only if the Lakers show their courage without picking opponents, can good things happen one after another.
Xu Jingyu also predicted the matchup between the Clippers and the Mavericks, he said that the Mavericks can't beat the Clippers, the Mavericks have the Clippers, the Mavericks have super scorers, the Clippers also have George and Xiaoka, defense is the weakness of the Mavericks, and this round of the series is the Clippers to win 4:1. To be honest, although the Warriors do have a great chance of winning against the Kings, they are a bit overthinking if they want to be black 8. The Lakers really have no way back, don't think about picking opponents, winning and locking up a playoff spot is the top priority. As for the matchup between the Clippers and the Mavericks, the Clippers are indeed above the Mavericks, but the strength of the Mavericks cannot be underestimated, 4:1 is a bit underestimated Doncic and Irving, no Irving played 6-7 games before, and this time it will take at least 6 games to determine the winner, what do you think?
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