The NBA regular season continues with two games shaping the Western Conference play-in landscape, one with the Pelicans beating the Kings 135-123 and the other with the Warriors beating the Trail Blazers 100-92. The Warriors' win over the Trail Blazers, in particular, almost shattered the Lakers' hopes of breaking into the top eight in the West, making their playoff hopes slim.
The Lakers fell to 10th in the West!
James' flu and thick eyebrows injuries caused the Lakers to not be able to continue their momentum, and they lost two crucial games, which finally brought pressure and burden to them. Before the Lakers can still win one more reason, temporarily ranked 9th in the West, as the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers, the Lakers' record was tied by the Warriors, the two sides played each other's records, the Lakers were at a disadvantage with 1 win and 3 losses this season, although the Lakers lost the next three games are all remnants, either James does not play, or thick eyebrows do not play, or James thick eyebrows do not play together, but the truth is so cruel, competitive sports is to see the ending, your battle record is poor, you can only be ranked behind.
In addition, because the Kings lost, their record is also 45-35, and the Lakers Warriors, the three teams have the same record, the Lakers' record is still the worst, in addition to their 1-3 against the Warriors, this season the Lakers faced the Kings 0-4, directly swept, to put it bluntly, unless the record surpasses the opponent, otherwise, whether it is the same record with the Warriors, or the same record as the King, or the same record as the three teams, the Lakers will be the team at the bottom, in the top 8 competition, the Lakers only have an advantage in the face of the Suns, they are 3-2 in the leadBut if you pull in the other team between the Warriors and the Kings, if the three teams compete, the Lakers' basic record is the worst, because their record against the Warriors and Kings this season is really too bad.
The Lakers are almost hopeless in the top 8!
Now that the Lakers want to finish in the top 8 in the West, with their remaining two games against the Grizzlies and Pelicans, two of the three scenarios must occur. First, the Suns lost to the Kings and Timberwolves in a row, the Kings lost to the Suns or the Trail Blazers, and third, the Warriors lost to the Pelicans or Jazz. Putting aside the two bad teams, the Jazz and the Trail Blazers, the Lakers need the Suns to lose back-to-back, but that means the Kings will win against the Suns, then the Warriors must lose to the Pelicans. If the Suns win one of their two games, the Lakers will have to count on them to win the Kings and then the Warriors lose to the Pelicans. To put it bluntly, if the Warriors beat the Pelicans, it will completely end the Lakers' hopes of breaking into the top 8 in the West.
James may miss the playoffs again in his career!
Under the premise that the chances of breaking into the top 8 in the West are slim, the Lakers want to win two games in a row in the play-offs, or even two away games in a row, which needless to say knows how terrifying it is. To be honest, judging from some of the current probabilities, the probability that the Lakers will miss the playoffs is greater than the probability of them breaking into the playoffs. James may miss the playoffs again, which is indeed rare in James' entire career, because he has made the playoffs 16 times in his entire 20-year career, except for the first two seasons of the rookie, James led the team to the playoffs for 13 consecutive years, and his consecutive playoff streaks were ended, which began when he came to the Lakers.
James' Lakers career isn't perfect!
If you just look at the Lakers career, James's failure to make the playoffs is nothing new, except for the first year when the Lakers failed to lead the team to the playoffs due to a groin injury, the Lakers got the season of Wei Shao in the 21-22 season, and they also missed the playoffs and missed the play-offs. In fact, James's Lakers career is also very successful, he won the championship, was elected FMVP, got the assist king, entered the best team many times, and never missed the All-Star, but missed the playoffs for the second time in his 5-year career, which is really embarrassing, if he continues to miss the playoffs this season, it will be the third time in his 6-year Lakers career that he has missed the playoffs, and his previous 15 years of career only did not enter the playoffs for two seasons in the rookie period.