NBA. Four straight losses for the Los Angeles Lakers. Last night, LeBron James and his teammates lost to the Los Angeles Clippers (132-111).
Nothing is going well with the Los Angeles Lakers. Facing the Los Angeles Clippers last night, LeBron James’ teammates suffered their fourth straight loss (111-132). Author of 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, the number 6 of the Lakers could not do anything against the opponents of the evening, in particular Reggie Jackson who scored 36 points in the meeting, his highest total since the start of the season.
With this new defeat, the Lakers remain 9th in the Western Conference and are heading more and more towards the play-ins at the end of the season. With 5 wins in a row, the 8th Clippers in the West can still hope to qualify directly for the playoffs where they are only three wins behind the 6th place occupied by the Denver Nuggets.
Author of 39 points, Trae Young guided his Atlanta Hawks teammates to victory last night against the Chicago Bulls (130-124). With two three-pointers in the final minutes of the game, the point guard ended hopes of victory for Chicago despite 22 points from DeMar Derozan and Zach LaVine.
Thanks to this victory, the Atlanta Hawks, 10th in the Eastern Conference, are back in the playoff race with six wins over the Cleveland Cavaliers who are 6th. The Bulls, they demoted one place in favor of the Philadelphia Sixers who passed second behind Miami.
Among other results last night, the Dallas Mavericks won at home against the Golden State Warriors thanks to 41 points from Luka Doncic. Great performance by Miami Heat players who won in Brooklyn against the Nets (107-113).
- Atlanta Hawks 130-124 Chicago Bulls
- Boston Celtics 120-107 Memphis Grizzlies
- Brooklyn Nets 107-113 Miami Heat
- Toronto Raptors 106-108 Detroit Pistons
- Dallas Mavericks 122-113 Golden State Warriors
- San Antonio Spurs 112-115 Sacramento Kings
- Los Angeles Clippers 132-111 Los Angeles Lakers
1h00 French time:
- Detroit Pistons – Indiana Pacers
- Philadelphia Sixers – Cleveland Cavaliers
- Washington Wizards – Atlanta Hawks
1h30 French time:
- Chicago Bulls – Milwaukee Bucks
- Toronto Raptors-Orlando Magic
2:00 a.m. French time:
- New Orleans Pelicans – Utah Jazz
- Oklahoma City Thunder – Minnesota Timberwolves
3:00 a.m. French time:
- Denver Nuggets – Houston Rockets
4:00 a.m. French time:
- Phoenix Suns – New York Knicks
The 30 NBA franchises are divided into two conferences: the Western conference and the Eastern conference, here are the rankings:
Western Conference:
15 franchises make up the Eastern Conference standings, here is the latest standings:
Each NBA franchise plays 82 games in the regular season. At the end of this regular season, the top eight franchises in each conference are ranked from 1 to 8. The 1st faces the 8th, the 2nd is opposed to the 7th,… The winners of the first round advance to the conference semi-finals , the winners of the second round advance to the conference finals. The champions of each conference meet in the NBA Finals. The series are played in the best of 7 games which are played in a 2-2-1-1-1 format, since the 2013-2014 season.
Since the 2020-2021 season, the play-in has made its appearance in the NBA in which the teams ranked from 7th to 10th place play a mini tournament. The 7th and 8th of each conference face each other in a match, where the winner is qualified in 7th position of the playoffs. The loser plays the winner of the match between 9th and 10th in each conference, where the winner of the game advances to the playoffs in 8th place.
In the NBA, there are 30 franchises divided into two conferences:
Western Conference:
- Dallas Mavericks
- Denver Nuggets
- Golden State Warriors
- Houston Rockets
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Blazers
- Sacramento Kings
- San Antonio Spurs
- utah jazz
Eastern Conference:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Boston Celtics
- Brooklyn Nets
- Charlotte Hornets
- Chicago Bulls
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Detroit Pistons
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Milwaukee Bucks
- New York Knicks
- Orlando Magic
- Philadelphia Sixers
- Toronto Raptors
- washington wizards
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