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They were the two big favorites to win the ring at the beginning of the season. The bets put them ahead of the Warriors and Bucks, and well ahead of others like the Heat or the Suns, or the Grizzlies, but a few games to close the regular phase Los Angeles Lakers y los Brooklyn Nets they are being, without a doubt, the great disappointment of the season.
Because they are not even sure of their place in the ‘playoff’. What’s more, in the case of the Angelenos, they don’t even know if they are going to play the ‘play in’. With LeBron James y Russell Westbrook, and already recovered Anthony Davis, the Californians are not even among the top ten of their Conference.
Right now, they are eleventh, behind San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans. Precisely, those from Louisiana were the ones who gave the final touch to the 2020 champions, with two wins in two momentous games. In the first of them, they came back 23 points.
Bad schedule for Lakers
They have lost the ‘basketaverage’ with both franchises, and they’re one game behind the Spurs and three games behind the Pelicans. The calendar, in addition, is not much less ‘happy’ for the Lakers.
Five games remain. Two against the Nuggets, involved in the battle for the ‘playoff’. Another, against the evicted Thunder… and they will also play against the Warriors and ante los Suns, The best team in the entire NBA.
At most they can be ninths, which means that they have to win two games to be in the ‘play in’. That’s exactly what the Nets want to avoid … but it seems more than complicated.
The Nets seek to be eighth
The Brooklyn franchise began with Durant, with Harden and with an Irving who couldn’t play in New York. ‘The Beard’ left, but Ben Simmons, the main player they received, has not even made his debut. KD has had to shoot alone in many games for Steve Nash’s team, but it hasn’t been enough.
They have the ‘play in’ assured, but right now They must win two games to be in the playoffs. His rival, right now, would be the Hornets apart from the loser of the match between the Hawks, on a roll, and the Cavaliers, the big surprise along with the NBA Grizzlies.
They have four games left, and the calendar is favorable to them. Except for the Hawks in the last game, the other rivals seem to be ‘affordable’ a priori. The Rockets, the Knicks and the Pacers the faces will be seen before those of Brooklyn.
They are equal with Hornets in wins and losses, and they’re one win away from the Hawks. The seventh place, of the Cavaliers, seems impossible.
So that, the two great favorites to the ring according to the bets at the beginning of the season they can stay without participating in the ‘party’ of the ‘playoffs’.
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