Today!NBA play-off games 2 games, James led the Lakers PK Pelicans, CCTV5 live broadcast Warriors VS Kings
On the morning of April 17 (today), Beijing time, the 2023-2024 NBA (American Professional Basketball League) will rekindle the fire, and two matchups in the first round of the Western Conference play-offs will be staged.
At 7:30 a.m., the Purple and Gold Los Angeles Lakers played against the New Orleans Pelicans away, and the two major platforms for the broadcast were Tencent Video and ESPN and other American TV stations broadcast live across the United States.
The Lakers' star stars are the 40-year-old LeBron James and Anthony Davis, as well as Russell, Reaves, Prince, Vanderbilt and other giants, as well as little Japanese mixed-race player Hachimura, who won two consecutive victories in the final stage of the regular season and finally ranked eighth in the NBA Western regular season with a record of 47-35. After surpassing superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time scoring leader, James began to set new records.
The Pelicans, led by Zion, Ingram, McCollum, Valanciunas and other giants, are seventh in the Western Conference standings after losing the final game of the regular season and are ranked seventh in the Western Conference standings behind the Phoenix Suns, who are also 49-33.
According to the format, the winner of this matchup will advance to the NBA Western Conference quarterfinals, where they will face Serbian center Jokic's defending champion Denver Nuggets in a best-of-seven matchup.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Golden State Warriors played against the Sacramento Kings away, and a total of four major platforms were broadcast at the same time, namely CCTV Sports Channel (CCTV5), CCTV (CCTV Sports Client CCTV5APP), Shanghai SITV Jinbang Sports and National Live Broadcast.
The Warriors welcomed Suns star Chris Paul this season, forming a strong lineup with the Splash Brothers Curry and Klay Thompson, and was considered the favorite to win the championship, but the team did not start well.
Fortunately, the results recovered in the final stage, and finally the same record as the Kings was 46-36, because of the small score disadvantage and ranked 10th in the NBA Western Conference standings. The Kings, led by Fox and Sabonis Jr., won the final game of the regular season, but suffered three straight losses before slipping to ninth place in the West. It was a do-or-die battle for both teams, with the loser finishing the season. The winner will face off against the loser between the Lakers and Pelicans, with the winner facing Alexander's Western Conference regular-season champion, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in the quarterfinals.
What are the results of today's two NBA playoffs Western Conference play-offs?