Chapter 503: The Regular Season Ends
In March, the Lakers' schedule is not very difficult, of course, it can't be said to be easy for other teams, including the Spurs, Cavaliers, Rockets and other giants, in addition to these top giants, some other teams that the Lakers have encountered are also extraordinary, many of which are playoff-level teams!
In this case, the Lakers still maintained a crazy winning streak throughout the March schedule!
Throughout March, the Lakers were undefeated, and this month's Western Player of the Month, you don't have to think about it, you know, it must be Sun Dahei!
And in April, the Lakers only have seven games left, which means that the Lakers have played a full 75 games this season!
In these 75 games, except for the 31 games in which Sun Dahei was suspended, the Lakers lost 17 of them, and the Lakers won all the remaining games!
The Lakers are currently 58-17 and in second place in the West!
After the entire March schedule, the Lakers have successfully surpassed the Spurs and sat in the second place in the Western Conference record standings, only one game away from the Warriors!
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In previous years, the NBA regular season, generally speaking, the games in April could no longer attract the attention of fans, because by this time the playoff rankings had been basically determined!
And this season is different, in the last seven games left by the Lakers, they have played the Warriors who are currently the No. 1 record in the West twice!
If the Lakers want to challenge for the first place in the West and guarantee their home-court advantage in the playoffs in this final April schedule, then they can only win all two games against the Warriors!
Otherwise, as long as the Lakers lose even one of them, the Warriors will still maintain the first place in the Western Conference and enter the playoffs!
Of course, the strength of the Lakers, as the first in the West or the second in the West to enter the playoffs, is actually not very different, mainly if the Lakers enter the playoffs second, they are very likely to meet the Spurs in the second round of the playoffs!
If you play the Spurs, the Lakers have mastered the essence, and it can basically be said that they can win it steadily, and in the second round of the playoffs series, the Spurs will be able to win a victory on the Lakers if they stand up to the sky!
When the time comes, if you finish playing the Spurs and enter the Western Conference finals, it will still be against the Warriors!
However, such a record ranking is not much different for the Lakers, but for the Warriors, the difference is a big deal!
If the Warriors are first in the West, they will play the Rockets in the second round of the playoffs, and if they are second in the West, they will play the Spurs in the second round of the playoffs......
Fools also know that among rockets and spurs, you must choose soft persimmon rockets......
The strength of the Rockets is good, and they will even win some incredible games with frequent convulsions, but when it comes to real strength, they are actually not as good as the Spurs!
In this case, of course, the Lakers want to firmly control the first position in the West in their own hands, and they are creating difficulties for the Warriors!
The opponent's opponent is strong, and it will definitely be able to weaken the opponent's strength, which is what the Lakers are most happy to see at the moment!
At present, the top eight teams in the West are, in order of ranking, Warriors, Lakers, Spurs, Rockets, Grizzlies, Jazz, Thunder, and Timberwolves!
The Timberwolves, the worst top-eight team in the West, also have about 54% of their regular season wins this season, and the ninth place in the West has lost hope if they want to overtake the Timberwolves in April and snatch the last playoff ticket!
So, basically eight of the fifteen teams in the West that will make the playoffs have been decided!
However, the ranking of these eight teams is not yet certain, the first is the Lakers and the Warriors, they are in the last April schedule, unless the Lakers can beat the Warriors twice, the Warriors are still the first place in the West. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The gap between the Thunder and the Timberwolves is extremely small, only one game apart, and in the last seven or eight games of the regular season, it is not impossible for the Timberwolves to squeeze the Thunder to the eighth place......
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As for the fifteen teams in the East, although the regular season has not yet ended, basically, the rankings of their eight teams that have entered the playoffs have basically been decided.
In order, they are the Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers, Chicago Bulls and the young Bucks at the bottom of the standings.
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Overall, the roster for the East and West playoffs is actually not much different from last season, with two young teams in the East coming out of the encirclement, namely the Philadelphia 76ers and the Bucks.
And the playoff spots in the West also have two new faces, that is, the Lakers and the Timberwolves!
Judging from this situation, the rise of the young generation in the alliance is already an unstoppable thing!
Like the 76ers, Bucks, Timberwolves and Lakers, the leaders of these four teams are all new superstars who have emerged in the NBA league in recent years!
The current NBA is the era of the transition between the old and the new, and it is definitely a very happy thing for fans to have so many powerful superstars emerge.
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On April 7th, the Lakers will appear at Oracle Arena in Oakland, the last game of a four-game road match, the Lakers have won the first two games at the beginning of April, and now, they have come to see the real thing with the Warriors!
After this away game against the Warriors, the Lakers will return to Los Angeles to wait for the Warriors to come and play their final game of the regular season!
It is equivalent to saying that the last two games of the Lakers and the Warriors are connected, the difference is that the home and away games are different!
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"WELCOME-HOME!"
"Welcome home! Sun Dahei! ”
When Sun Dahei stepped off the bus, he immediately saw the above words written on the big screen at the entrance of the Oracle Arena!
For a moment, Sun Dahei's heart was really extremely moved, this was the first time Sun Dahei set foot in Oracle Arena after leaving the Warriors, but I didn't expect the Warriors management and fans to still not forget Sun Dahei, and still haven't forgotten Sun Dahei's contribution in a short period of time for the Warriors!
The Warriors generals and head coach Kerr also appeared at the door of the arena to welcome Sun Dahei's arrival!
"Big black, haha, I'm finally looking forward to this day! Welcome back, my brother! After Durant saw Sun Dahei, he laughed and stepped forward to give Sun Dahei a bear hug......
This season, Sun Dahei's only encounter with the Warriors has to go back to the preseason stage, when Sun Dahei led the Lakers to win the Warriors in the preseason opener!