The Lakers advance to the playoffs, the Warriors are out! Harden Leonard is updated, and the Bucks suffer a blow
On April 17, Beijing time, the Western Division play-offs began, two games, the Lakers defeated the Pelicans 110-106 on the road, and got the seventh seed as they wished, the Warriors faced the Kings, Klay was 0 of 10 in the game, but had 31 minutes of playing time, Moody only played 13 minutes and scored 16 points. After those two games, the Pelicans will compete with the Kings for the eighth seed in the West. First of all, the Lakers made it to the playoffs, but at the same time, there were various difficulties, and the Warriors officially said goodbye to this season. In addition, the 12-man squad for the U.S. men's basketball Olympics has been confirmed, Leonard has taken the last train, the Clippers also have injury updates for Harden and Leonard, and the Bucks have suffered bad news!
The Lakers advanced to the playoffs, and James spoke out about the Nuggets
The Lakers narrowly defeated the Pelicans 110-106, locking the No. 7 seed in the West, the whole game, the Lakers won very dangerously, Zion scored 40 points, and retired from injury in the last 3 minutes, if he was not injured, the result is difficult to say! James scored 23 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in the fourth quarter, and was obviously tired in the fourth quarter, 1 of 8, missed the layup, and did not shoot three, but fortunately, Russell and thick eyebrows scored consecutive points in several key rounds to lock up the victory. Bushy eyebrows had 20 points and 15 rebounds, obviously plagued by a lower back injury, and Russell had 21 points and six assists. The playoffs between the Lakers and the Nuggets will start at 8:30 a.m. on the 21st. Statistics show that after Zhan Mei combined, the Lakers and Nuggets played each other 17 times in the regular season, with the Lakers 8-9 and 4-5 in the playoffs. However, from last season's Western Conference finals to this season, the Lakers have not won a single game.
James spoke out about the Nuggets after the promotion: "If we can play at our best and they play at their best, then the outcome of the game will depend on 1-2 rounds to see who can execute the game better." Coach Darvin Ham also stressed that the Nuggets are a very difficult opponent to play, but the team will be ready for anything. In my opinion, if the Lakers want to go further, on the one hand, it depends on the defensive effect of Dinwiddie and Vincent on Murray's wheel drain, and on the other hand, if Russell can achieve the level of 15 points and 5 assists per game, the Lakers definitely have a chance. I hope that in these 3-4 days, thick eyebrows will recover well, James will recover as soon as possible, just rush, and don't have to think about the ending.
The Warriors went out in disgrace, and Kerr's meritorious basketball hurt the team
94-118, when the game is over, Curry's eyes are blank, Klay looks self-reproaching with his head down, but what I want to say is that Klay is responsible, but it is Kerr who should be held the most responsible! Why is there such a life-and-death battle, the first half has verified that Klay has a bad hand, and the second half is still used? So that Curry has been pinched, and the Warriors are struggling! What is Moody's bad performance? Is it too accurate to shoot, or is it too good to defend Barnes and Ellis? Including the Kings relying on Sabonis to continue to dig the Warriors' interior line, they only gave Davis 10 minutes, who can Dream Green withstand? salary + luxury tax expenditure of more than 400 million US dollars, and in the second half, they also relied on young people to work hard to qualify for the play-offs, but let the merits pick the fruit, they don't have that strength yet!
Mr. Su Qun said a sentence after the game: the Warriors were chaotic all season, and in the end, Kerr still believed in the veterans more and pressed the young people on the bench. Curry doesn't have to go, but Kerr + Green + Klay can't stay! The Warriors can't make the playoffs, but if they continue to limit the growth of Kuminga + Moody + Boger + Davis, then the Warriors deserve to die for themselves!
Bucks news update
The Bucks lost a string of losses in the finale, eventually dropping them to third place in the East, beating the Nemesis Pacers in the first round. The Woj report confirms that he has information that shows the Bucks are preparing for the first half of the first round of the playoffs without Antetokounmpo, and that he has a serious calf injury that could not return until later in the series. The Bucks have a 45-28 record when they play this season and a 4-5 record when they're out. Coach Rivers Sr. said that Brother Alphabet has been able to move around slowly, and the progress is better than expected, but it is not yet at the stage where he can resume playing, and the team will not put too much pressure on Brother Alphabet.
Clippers news update
In the early morning of the 17th, Charania and others confirmed at the same time that Leonard is determined to join the U.S. men's basketball team and participate in this summer's Paris Olympics, and the 12-man U.S. men's basketball team is released: James + Durant + Curry + thick eyebrows + Leonard; Embiid + Tatum + Booker + Holiday + Haliburton, Edwards + Adebayo. In addition, Tyronn Lue revealed in an interview that Leonard participated in about a quarter of the training sessions today, recovered from his injury better than expected, and is expected to make it to the first round of the series. And Harden was out of the game with a foot injury in a row, and Tyronn Lue's response was: It's okay, he's fully recovered.