Beijing time on March 1 news, after the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the New Orleans Pelicans at home, some media wrote on social networks that the Lakers have won 6 wins and 14 losses in the last 20 games, and their season ended early?
Perhaps no one can give an accurate answer until the last minute, but there are signs that the Lakers have not to mention the championship this season, and even entering the playoffs is only theoretically possible.
Statistical model predictions from FiveThirtyEight show that the Lakers, who rank ninth in the West, currently have only a 9 percent chance of making the playoffs, with a winning probability of less than one in a thousand. You should know that the prediction given by the same website is that the Probability of the New Orleans Pelicans, which ranks tenth in the West, will enter the playoffs is 25%, in other words, the Probability of the Lakers will fall from their current position.
The famous sports journalist Jovan Buha pointed out in his article based on the current situation of the Lakers that "the Lakers' current level is closer to the twelfth place in the West, rather than running to the seventh place in the West." The Spurs, currently ranked twelfth in the West, are just 3.5 wins away from the Lakers.
After yesterday's loss, the Lakers have lost 9 of the past 12 games, and the record has reached 27 wins and 33 losses, which is gradually far away from the 50% win rate. The Athletic, a local authoritative media outlet, wrote in a reporter that "the Lakers' season continues to spiral out of control, and it seems that every week they hit the lowest point of the season."