But......

What I didn't expect was that with 57 wins and 22 losses, it was only ranked fourth in the West!

But I didn't expect that after this wave of 3 wins and 3 losses, they can still be in the top four in the West, the Thunder team did not play well at the end of the regular season, currently 56-24, there are still two games left, from the current point of view, the Thunder team has lost the opportunity to enter the top four.

The Nuggets are currently 58-22, temporarily leading the Grizzlies, and they have not played two games, and the Grizzlies still have a chance to overtake the Nuggets.

When he arrived in Los Angeles on the morning of the 14th, Sun Ce was looking at the ranking of the West, checking the top five records in the West, and analyzing the situation.

Since there are two teams in Los Angeles, Sun Ce remembers that he is in Los Angeles for the fourth time, which feels really different.

Sun Ce first analyzed the situation of his own team, and the best case scenario is that the third in the West enters the playoffs, playing one of the Warriors and the Clippers, at least better than playing the Thunder in the fourth place in the West.

But it's not easy to get to third!

In the first two, it is now in two grades with the third to fifth records, even if the first and second remaining regular season games are all lost, and the third to fifth are all wins, they will not be able to catch up.

Currently, the Spurs are in first place in the West with 63 wins and 16 losses, and the Lakers are second in the West with 62 wins and 17 losses.

Both teams have three games left, and the Lakers' next three opponents, the Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, and Clippers.

The Spurs' next three opponents, the Hornets, the Mavericks, and the Grizzlies.

Looking at the wins and losses of their own teams, almost all the rankings from first to fourth will be affected, but their own teams have no chance to rush to the first place in the West...... A stick-like object inexplicably appeared in Sun Ce's mind.

"Our team has something to do with this object, right?"

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On Sun Ce's side, he analyzed that the final victory or defeat of his team would greatly affect the ranking of the top four in the west, and others naturally analyzed it.

Both the Lakers and the Spurs regard the last meeting with the Lakers as the most important game in the last three games.

San Antonio's Spurs star Duncan, who is about to face the Hornets tonight, is very nervous right now, maintaining the first place in the West for half a season, and now it is the most critical moment.

Although the Grizzlies currently lead 2-1 in the regular season, Duncan is not confident of winning.

The Grizzlies are too difficult to deal with, the last time they met, they led by 11 points in the first quarter, but they were dragged to a critical moment in the end, if he hadn't practiced free throws, he hit both free throws at the critical moment, and he could have been successfully reversed by the Grizzlies.

On the Los Angeles side, Kobe Bryant, the star of the Lakers that the Grizzlies will play tomorrow, it seems that the Trail Blazers and the Clippers are not afraid, and they are focused on playing seriously, and it is difficult for the other party to have a chance to win.

But the Grizzlies are different, so far this season, in the first two meetings, Kobe Bryant has not won against Sun Ce......

However, the two veterans who entered the NBA in the 90s and are now the strongest players in their respective positions are not willing to give up the opportunity to enter the playoffs as the first in the West!

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On the Grizzlies' side, Sun Ce went to the hotel in Los Angeles in the morning, analyzed the current situation, and continued to conduct tactical training with the team for tonight's game against the Lakers in the afternoon.

In the evening, Sun Ce returned to the hotel and watched Time Warner Cable Sports broadcast the game between the Spurs and the Hornets.

Before the game began, Sun Ce learned from commentator Bill Wharton's introduction to the recent situation of the Hornets that a few days ago, the Hornets had announced that they were going to change their name, and they would be called the Pelicans next season, and abandon the team history before 2002.

On Charlotte's side, the Bobcats Joe boss immediately claimed the Hornets' team history before 2002 according to the rules, and reached an agreement with the current Hornets, and the league agreed, after the current Hornets changed their name, the entire team history of New Orleans is called the Pelicans, and the current Bobcats, the entire team history is called the Hornets.

At 6:30 p.m., the Spurs-Pelicans game begins.

Now 35-45, the Hornets have no chance of making the playoffs, and with the Hornets on a five-game losing streak in the last few games, the Spurs thought they could easily win.

But who would have thought, Owen broke out!

He made 20 of 34 shots in a single game, made 11 of them, plus 3 three-pointers, and scored 52 points and 10 assists in a single game, helping the Hornets beat the Spurs 116-112!

Throughout the season, Owen tried countless ways to make a name for himself, but he couldn't do it.

This time, he finally relied on the explosion to successfully show his talent and ability in front of the world, mainly to show those superstars.

Some of the stars saw the game report after the game and had mixed opinions about Irving.

Sun Ce, who watched the live broadcast of the game, felt that this was a conspiracy! Channelled by the evil forces of one of the players in the city he is currently in!

"This guy...... Do you want to help No. 24 fight for the first place in the west?

Number 24 is so shameless! Fighting for the first place in the west, there is still foreign aid? What a fan outbreak! ”

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Irving exploded in the face of the Spurs, bringing the Spurs to the same number of losses as the Lakers, and the Lakers now only need to win the next three games to win the Western Conference regular season championship by winning more games against divisional teams!

But it won't be easy for the Lakers to win all three games.

The Lakers are about to play their bitter host, the Grizzlies!

Since the 10-11 season, the Lakers have lost more than they won against the Grizzlies, even if they formed the core combination of Paul and Josh Smith, as well as Kobe Bryant, these three star combinations have not won against the Grizzlies.

Through a single game of 52 points, Irving was finally compared to Curry, Harden, Griffin and other young stars.

But now the media and fans are focusing on the upcoming showdown between the best players of the new generation and the best players of the older generation!

At present, Sun Ce averages 31.4 points per game, Kobe Bryant averages 31.2 points per game, and both of them are working hard to improve their average points per game in the last few games, but now it is not as good as taking 40 points in the pre-season and mid-season to improve a lot, and now scoring 40 points can improve a little more than 0.1 points, so it is not easy for Kobe to surpass Sun Ce.

However, these two are the only players among the active players who can get 60+ in a single game many times, and even, both of them have won 70+! Kobe Bryant also got 80+!

Fans are looking forward to who will win the scoring title this season!

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At 7:40 p.m. on the 15th, after a day of preparation, Sun Ce and his teammates entered the stadium at the Staples Center.

The Spurs actually lost to the Hornets, which made the Grizzlies' final win over the Lakers and Spurs even more impactful of the Western Conference playoff landscape.

However, at present, it is both fortunate and regrettable for Sun Ce that the Spurs are still half a win ahead of the Lakers, who are not the first in the West and cannot trigger the "top sniper".

However, just when Sun Ce walked into the stadium thinking like this, the system prompt came......