The Clippers officially announced! The Big Four are all out! This sky-high wealth, Durant, you have to catch it
On April 11, Beijing time, the Phoenix Suns will challenge the Los Angeles Clippers back-to-back away, which will be a crucial game for the Suns, Lakers, and Warriors. Why does the Suns and Clippers match involve the Lakers and Warriors? Because if the Suns win today, the Lakers and Warriors will both lock up the play-offs. This also means that even if the Lakers and Warriors win all the remaining regular season games, they will also lose the opportunity to hit the top six in the West!
Of course, this is even more critical for the Suns, who have fallen to seventh in the West, and if they want to avoid meeting the Lakers and Warriors too early, they must return to the top six in the West at the end of the regular season, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! Currently, the Suns are ranked seventh in the West with 46 wins and 33 losses, 0.5 wins behind the Pelicans in sixth.
In the Clippers' away game against the Suns yesterday, even though James Harden and Leonard were both absent, the Clippers still easily won a key victory with the Suns under the leadership of Paul George and Wei Shao, and the victory over the Suns allowed them to lock up the playoff qualification in advance and also lock the Pacific Division championship in advance. In yesterday's game, the Clippers who were fighting away from home could be said to have played the Suns' Big Three around! They once led by up to 37 points in the game, directly beating the Suns' defense into a sieve, leaving Phoenix to fight in shame!
The Suns lost to the Clippers yesterday, which also caused them to fall directly from sixth place in the West to the play-in tournament, which made their current playoff situation urgent! In order to avoid facing the Warriors and Lakers too early, the best thing for the Suns is to try to win the remaining three games and return to the top six in the West!
In this way, this is what makes today's back-to-back with the Clippers seem so crucial. A win could keep the Lakers and Warriors out of the top six, and a loss would mean that he would most likely have to bayonet them in advance! There is no doubt that Durant and his Suns have no way back. They have to win the remaining three opponents, otherwise the season may be in vain!
Before the game, the Suns ushered in a big big news! That is, the Clippers Big Four will all be absent today, which undoubtedly creates a great opportunity for them to win on the road. The Clippers officially updated the team's injury report, with Westbrook (left hand contusion), Leonard (right knee inflammation), George (left knee soreness), Harden (right foot inflammation), Primo (left ankle sprain) missing today's game against the Suns due to injury, and Zubac (left ankle inflammation) was decided before the game.
The Clippers' Big Four are all absent, and the Suns are all attacking, and the results of the game can be imagined! Obviously, the Clippers, who have locked the playoffs in advance, want to give the Suns a favor! They don't care much about the outcome of this game, and the Suns want to take it, and they really don't care. There is no doubt that this is exactly what the Suns want! I hope Durant and his solar energy catch this splash of wealth, otherwise they really have the possibility of playing the play-in tournament and going to face the Lakers and Warriors in advance!