The West is changing! The Clippers are close to the top of the table, the Suns are losing, and the Lakers are in the top six with consecutive wins!
It's only halfway through the game, but in the crazy West, a playoff spot is fiercely contested. A lot of teams are making the final sprint for a better chance of making the playoffs! Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento. It wouldn't be surprising if they close a big deal in the next few days!
It can be said that every round of games now is very important for the teams that enter the playoffs! A win has the potential to change a team's standings. It's another match day, and although several teams in the west haven't finished playing in the course of this day, these four teams have changed the situation in the entire west! In short, the West has changed dramatically! The Clippers led all the way, the Suns made mistakes, and the Lakers won six games in a row.
The Thunder, who are at the top of the Eastern Conference, lost 104-120 to the Pistons, who are at the bottom of the East, and this is the biggest dark horse of the day. The thunder of five victories, never expected that it would be planted on the Motor City! In this game, Alexander was 31+5+4, while Chet Holmgren completely lost his fighting spirit and only scored 9 points, while Duren's 22 points, 21 rebounds, and 6 assists beat the opponent to the ground. In this game, even in this game, they are still firmly at the top of the Western Conference, but their ranking is precarious! After this game, they were the same number of points as the second-placed Foresters, but let the third-placed Clippers pick up the advantage! Now that the Clippers have taken the lead, they must be careful for the rest of the time, and if they are not careful, they will be overtaken by the Clippers, after all, they have won five in a row, and it is only a matter of time before they reach the top of the West!
The Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic were equally disappointing in their game, losing 98-113 to Orlando. Durant set a new record in this battle, and his career saw him reach 28,000 individual points, which is in the top 10 of NBA history. Devin Booker scored 62 points in this game, and he scored another 44 points. But this time, he got off to a good start, in the first three quarters, he was like a big Buddha, crazy to cut 42 points, and in the second half, he even scored two points with free throws. The Suns could have beaten Orlando and finished fifth in the West, but it turned out to be a fiasco, disappointing again! You know, they worked hard to finish sixth in the West, but now they have two losses, and they are on an equal footing with the seventh-ranked Pelicans, and the situation is very bad!
Shortly after the Los Angeles derby loss, the Lakers got back on track. In yesterday's double overtime battle, James once again created a miracle, cutting the first 30+20+10 oversized triple-double of his career. After two straight wins, the Lakers are 24-23 and when they return to 50% again, they are ready to return to sixth place in the East. The current Lakers are only 2With a five-point gap, it's a two-game win, and the Suns are on a two-game losing streak. It's clear that the Lakers already have a lot of opportunities.
So far, the top six in the East are: Thunder, Minnesota, Clippers, Nuggets, Kings, Suns. The seventh to 10th places are: Pelicans, Mavericks, Lakers, Utah. The 11th Rockets and the 12th team are still struggling to get back to the knockout rounds, but there is not much hope left! After all, the difference between the Rockets and the Warriors is just too big.