The NBA regular season is about to enter the final stage, and all teams have entered the crazy scoring mode in advance, under the background of the Western Brawl, it is to let the 1-10 teams, almost enter the fire of gunpowder in advance, every game, for the top ten teams in the West, can be described as extremely critical, and even the wins and losses of other teams will also affect the records of other teamsto embark on a crazy April journey.
After increasing the intensity and level of the game, injuries also followed, from Downs, Leonard, Ingram, Monk and then Huerter, the impact of the core star injuries of the Western giants has become an irreversible part of the game, and the injuries of these core competitiveness have also made the team experience extremely difficult moments, even if the Timberwolves have dealt with the best of the best, they have also suffered defeats one after another after other teams have improved their game level, and the hidden dangers of Towns' absence have been constantly exposed, making it once hand over the first place in the West that has won the game.
Coincidentally, in the Timberwolves because of Towns' injury, the first place in the West was handed over, and the main stars of the Clippers, Pelicans, Kings and other teams were injured one after another, which also made their respective teams experience extremely difficult moments, and the Clippers were once pressed by the Mavericks behind them, and even when they were in internal and external troubles, not only did they have no prospect of catching up with the top three, but even whether they could hold the fourth place in the West has become a luxury and expectation for the Clippers.
At the same time, after the Kings lost Monk and Huerter, they recently suffered two consecutive defeats, and were defeated by Eastern teams in a row, which also made the Kings' previous top six positions in the West handed, and after gradually drifting away, they fell out of the top eight in the West。
The Pelicans are also after Ingram's injury, the team not only can't put pressure on the Clippers, but also was surpassed by the Mavericks and Suns behind them, after being killed by the Suns, the Pelicans don't have any advantage at all, even if Ingram returns strongly, it is difficult to save the Pelicans' current predicament, the Pelicans are currently in seventh place in the West, but the Lakers behind them are pressing step by step, only 0.5 wins difference, once they can't bite the game, they are suppressed by the Lakers, and it will become an irreversible fact.
To sum up, the impact of injuries on the team can be said to have become an important variable in the Western World, the four playoff-level teams, after experiencing injury troubles, are also experiencing varying degrees of decline, the Timberwolves lost the first place in the West, the Clippers are in jeopardy, the Pelicans are expected to fall out of the top seven positions in the West, and whether the Kings can even break into the playoffs has become a luxury. Every team, after the outbreak of injuries, has caused a sharp decline in the team's performance, and also made these teams that aspire to rise suffer the curse of fate, and also make a season's hard work very likely to come to naught, and even for the Pelicans and Kings, whether they can break into the playoffs has become a luxury and expectation.
In this stage full of variables, as the so-called few families are happy and a few are sad, some people are at a loss, and naturally some people are overjoyed. After the Pelicans and Kings successively suffered from injuries and other impacts, resulting in a precarious team record, the Lakers and Warriors have undoubtedly become the biggest winners in this class.
God helps those who help themselves, and Hu Yong becomes the biggest winner in the chaotic battle
Lakers and Warriors as the former champion team in the West, in recent years, the performance of both teams is not good enough, but even so, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, last season the Lakers and Warriors only broke into the playoffs with the seventh and sixth places in the West, but the two teams still counterattacked their respective opponents in the first round and met in the division semifinals, and the Lakers entered the stage of the division finals as seventh, which shows that the ability to counterattack is not trivial.
In the new season, the two teams are still experiencing various objective factors, so that in the second half of the season, they are still temporarily ranked ninth in the West. The tenth position, compared to the Lakers, the Warriors were once pressed by the Rockets behind them, so that they felt the pressure of the playoff level in advance, and under the aggressiveness of the Rockets, it also inspired the strongest Warriors, and the team was pressed by the Rockets, a wave of five consecutive wins, not only refreshed the season high, but also allowed it to stabilize the tenth place in the West, so that the Warriors could hold the last play-off qualification and ticket with peace of mind.
Compared with the Warriors, the Lakers are also in the familiar stage, once again ushered in the outbreak, last season the Lakers relied on the back-up force, once locked the play-off identity, this time, the Lakers who repeated the tricks, seem to be familiar with the road, but also more comfortable, but also let the Lakers continue the last 10 games, win 9 games in the attack wave, such a strong performance, but also let the Lakers continue to achieve transformation and sublimation, but also open the road to counterattack.
The Warriors threw off the rockets and ranked tenth in the West, without the pursuit of strong opponents, which also allowed the Warriors to breathe a sigh of relief, and the Lakers were in the king's successive gifts, with their own strength, as well as the opponent's wedding dress, so that they left the ninth place in the West, the hot potato position, temporarily in the eighth place in the West, and only 0.5 wins behind the seventh Pelicans, in the absence of Ingram, the Pelicans are very likely to continue to fall, and the Lakers are expected to take the opportunity to seize the seventh place in the West.
Not only can you avoid the Warriors, let the Lakers fight be delayed, so that both teams will be expected to compete for the playoffs, after all, once the Lakers end the regular season as ninth, the fight between the Lakers and the Warriors, and a blessing injury, one team will inevitably lose the qualification for the playoffs in advance, which will be a loss for the West and Xiao Hua, the identity of the eighth place, once again broke into the stage of the playoffs, and even continued to retain the suspense of the counterattack.
The undead bird reappears in Phoenix, and Dallas is difficult to ride a tiger
In the second half of the season, the Suns only hovered in the play-in ranks, in the face of the most difficult schedule, the Suns were once looked down upon, and were also considered expected to fall out of the top six, and were even expected to join hands with the Lakers in the play-offs, but with successive victories over the Nuggets, Pelicans, The Cavaliers and other strong teams have regained their self-confidence, and they have played the style of a strong team, not only did they not sink in the devil's schedule, but the Suns became the biggest devil, so that all the teams that fought against the Suns ended in failure, trying the anger and pain that the Sun brought them.
From Beal's active sacrifice, Bol Bol was activated, and then Booker's poor hand, not obsessed with scoring, taking the initiative to connect the team, and Durant's steady performance, all of which made this once fragile triumvirate team completely reborn in the tempering of the devil's schedule, and seemed to re-summon the immortal bird's deity, and also made the sun start the killing journey, and also let this team stumble and get through the roller coaster to start crazy killing, become the biggest boss, and also make each team become the soul of the sun's rebirth。
After the rebirth of the Suns, not only let the Pelicans, Kings and other teams fall out of the top six, but also let the Mavericks and Clippers feel the murderous and bloody desert capital, but for the Suns, if they can double kill the Clippers and snatch the fourth place in the West, it will be the best policy.
The Suns can't shake the Clippers' fourth place in the West, so the Suns want revenge, in addition to their own efforts, they also look at the Clippers' face, and see whether Leonard can return in time.
If the Clippers hold their position, the Suns will also retreat to the second place, occupying the sixth place in the West, after all, the Suns are currently ahead of the Pelicans by 1 win difference, with the absolute initiative, they can still decide their future, in this way, the Suns can avoid the Clippers, will make it difficult for the Mavericks to ride the tiger, this team has no home court advantage, and does not dare to easily waterproof, can only accept the calculation of the Phoenix people.
Even the team that has fallen to the fifth place in the West, in the first round of the playoffs, will also challenge the Clippers with the four stars in the absence of home-court advantage, this position will undoubtedly be a hot potato for the Mavericks, but the Mavericks don't seem to have much choice, they can't control their own destiny, so, for those who are sandwiched in the Clippers, For the Mavericks in the middle of the Suns, the current situation is extremely unfriendly to them, and they have not changed the ability and conditions of the current dilemma, they can only win more games, maintain the attitude of winning, and become a victim of the Sun's calculations, and let them act as cannon fodder, which will also become an irreversible fact.