On April 1, the Lakers lost again, facing the Jazz who are stronger than themselves in strength and ranking, the Remnants attacked the Lakers without much of a way, regrettably losing. In this way, the Lakers suffered four consecutive losses, and were once again surpassed by the Spurs and fell out of the top ten play-off areas. It is worth mentioning that the Spurs and Lakers have recently alternated in the tenth position in the West, not because they won, but because their competitors lost. There are currently three teams vying for play-off spots, the Pelicans, who are 33-43, and the Spurs and Lakers, who are also 3-45, who will compete for 2 play-off spots.
Tomorrow the Lakers will have to play back-to-back against the Pelicans of their main rivals, how important is this game for the Lakers? Once Vogel's team loses again, the team will suffer 5 consecutive defeats, will be directly thrown away by the Pelicans, the gap will widen to 3 wins, thinking that there are still 5 games left, such a gap can be said to be very large. If the Lakers lose, it will also give the Spurs the opportunity to expand their advantage, and the Spurs will have great hopes of winning against the Blazers who have lost 5 consecutive games against the Blazers who have no desires and no desires.
At the same time, after the Lakers against the Pelicans, the next opponent is the Nuggets, The Suns and the Warriors such as the Western Powerhouse, which can be called the Devil's schedule, if you lose to the Pelicans and eat 5 consecutive defeats to open the Devil's schedule, the Lakers' hope of competing for the playoffs will be smaller, after all, the ranking and morale will be in a great passive. So if the Lakers lose to the Pelicans again tomorrow, the team's morale is low, coupled with continuous strong snipers, and the Spurs' next schedule is relatively easy, the Lakers are likely to miss the playoffs in advance.
In fact, even if the Lakers beat the Pelicans, they would not have the advantage of impacting the playoffs. If the Lakers beat the Pelicans tomorrow and the Spurs beat the Blazers, then the Lakers are still at the bottom of the three teams. Because the Pelicans have led the Lakers by as many as 2 wins, and the Spurs and lakers have played each other 4 times this season, the record is 2 wins and 2 losses, but the win rate against Western teams is higher than the Lakers, so the Spurs are ranked higher in the case of the same record.
So it is not an exaggeration to say that the next game against the Pelicans is described as "deciding life and death". Winning will continue to impact the possibility of the play-offs, and once lost, it will be thrown away by the Pelicans and Spurs, and it will be difficult to turn the tables in the few remaining regular season games.
It is reported that James and thick eyebrows will return in tomorrow's game against the Pelicans, which is a huge positive for the Lakers. James, Thick Brow, Westbrook, Howard, Anthony and others need to save the season and get tickets to the play-offs.