In the second half of the regular season, especially near the end of the season, the Nuggets can rush to the first place in the West at any time. But it is just a virtual reality, a secret, and has been hidden in the second and third positions in the west. The reason is that the eighth seed in the West is likely to be the Lakers or Warriors.
In the end, the Nuggets chose to settle second in the West, while the Pelicans were seventh in the West and the Lakers were eighth in the West. The Nuggets are still likely to face the Lakers in the first round.
At the end of the first game of the play-offs today, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans again, swept the Pelicans in the regular season, and squeezed the Pelicans to seventh in the finale, losing the last direct playoff ticket in the West. And in this game, the Lakers once again snatched the Pelicans' playoff spot, forcing the Pelicans to fight one more game to have a chance to catch the last train of the playoffs. Manually save the pelican for three minutes [cover your face] [cover your face] [cover your face]
So here's the problem, the Lakers ended up as the No. 7 seed in the West and faced the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs.
The Nuggets and their head coach Zhuge Malone may be depressed, after playing for so long, there is still something missing, it is still you, Nuggets VS Lakers, do the Lakers have a chance to cause trouble for the defending champion Nuggets, and have a chance to achieve a counterattack???