On February 26, Beijing time, with the end of the game between the Clippers and the Kings, today's NBA games were all over. After today's game, except for the top 2 and bottom 5 teams in the west, the rankings of the 8 teams from 3rd to 10th have changed today.
The first is the sun. After today's victory over the Lakers, their record has improved to 34-24, first overtaking the Kings to move up to 7th in the West; But then the Mavericks lost, and the Suns moved up to 6th in the West; Immediately after, the Pelicans also lost, and the Suns moved up to 5th in the West, but after the Kings defeated the Clippers, the Suns finally settled in 6th in the West today
Then there is the Lakers, who have a record of 31-28 after today's loss to the Suns, and because the Warriors have not yet played, the Lakers' winning percentage is even lower so they fell to tenth in the West again; The Warriors, on the other hand, moved up to 9th place in the West. However, less than three and a half hours later, the Warriors fell back to 10th in the West as the Warriors were reversed by the Nuggets at most 16 points, and the Lakers rose to 9th in the West again
Then there are the Mavericks, because today is an upset loss to the Mavericks, their ranking has also dropped from 6th in the West yesterday to 8th in the West, and they are neighbors with the Lakers again.
Next up is the Pelicans, who were in 5th place in the West yesterday, but after losing to the Bulls today, they dropped 2 places to 7th in the West and moved to the play-in tournament.
The one of the biggest impactful games should be the Kings vs. Clippers match. After the win, the Kings jumped from 7th in the West yesterday to 5th in the West; After the loss, the Clippers fell from third in the West yesterday to fourth in the West, and the Nuggets, who won the Warriors today, rose from fourth to third
For now, in the West, the third-place Nuggets and the fourth-place Clippers are fiercely competitive, and the difference between the 5th and 8th places is only 05 games, and the changes in the ranking will still be frequent in the future; And the difference between the Lakers and the Warriors is only 05 games, there may be more changes as well.
Western standings after today's game.