It won't be an easy game for them as Suns also needed the win while KD is not there to help, Booker, CP3 and Ayton need to work
OT here to continue the chase of maintaining their chance to the playoff.

While with the Lakers, those remaining games are all important to have that spot either to the playoff or for the play-in tournament.

Whatever it might be the important thing is to keep trying to win and work with each opportunity to excel, they have to lean on
each other and play as one.

Players and teams that have already qualified for the playoffs can take some time off, but not for all of the remaining matches. There are teams that want to avoid the seasoned Golden State Warriors and Miami Heat in the playoffs.

Yesterday the Hawks and Raptors lost in the east, the Bulls, Pacers, and Wizards now have another chance to play better and make the playoffs.

There are a plenty of interesting matches to watch. Today, I placed a wager on the Indiana Pacers against the Charlotte Hornets. Three times in a row, the Golden State Warriors have been losing, and they need to win in Houston so that the other teams cannot take its place in the playoffs.

Yes, both teams needed this win but it's fair enough to say that the Lakers needed this game more to advance from their current standing as they are still on a dangerous spot.

In the Suns case, I know that their spot is not yet safe as the competition in the West right now is too tight but even if they get defeated here, it won't have a huge impact to their position compared to the Lakers and they might even retain their spot after having a loss in this game.

Nevertheless, I'm already excited to see this match-up and will be looking forward on how will the Lakers perform against a much heavy team.

"Particularly on that game", I agree with you that there's something really wrong but if that will be the focal point to determine how the Golden State Warriors will behave in the playoffs, I think that's not appropriate. What I stated previously, is "in general". Of course, things might changes as there are teams that really shown improvement this season.

Not a fan of the Warriors though and I don't really care where they will end up this year, but still, it's not that we can't expect them in an off-night mode always, especially in a series game. Well then, wait for the playoffs and see how far they will go this time.

And they will still have problems in the remaining of the season:

Warriors at Toyota Center vs Houston Rockets
Warriors at American Airline Center against Dallas

They go back at Chase but then will have to face one of the hottest team right now, Philly.

So next their next 2 games will be critical before they can go home and defend their homecourt and hope for a good run before the end of the regular season and see where their standings are. And not to bring him down or something, but I'm not seeing the Warriors going back to back with their lineup.

Actually, a good choice to stick with until the end of the season knowing Warrior's losing streak on their road games is now to the point where it might be recorded as one of the league's worst-established records. The current record of the longest road losing streak by a defending champion was currently owned by the 98-99 Chicago Bulls which has 12 losing streaks.

Warriors are now on their 11th losing streak and their next 2 games were road games against Rockets and Mavericks (as also mentioned above).

Remaining road games:

against Denver Nuggets
against Sacramento Kings
against Portland Trail Blazers

Possible 16-road losing streak for the Golden State Warriors? If let's say that will happened, and they won all their remaining home games, their final standing would be 41-41. Close to becoming a participant in the play-in tournament.

They just did. They broke their 11 game road losing streak as they won against the Rockets 121-108.

The bad thing? They broke it against a team who is now eliminated this season. I mean if you're fan of the Warriors like me, you will not be impressed that they won against a bottom seeded team. Well, a win is a win nevertheless, and it's more frustrating if they lose yet again on the road, and against a tanking team like the Rockets.

Splash brothers combine for 59 points with 10/28 shooting from threes. Poole is still inconsistent this season, and he showed it again on this game scoring only 5 points. The one who's stepping up this season is Kuminga. If you're following the Warriors, you know that Kuminga's performance is now better compare to how he performed last season. If Draymond Green will be traded, or if he will not be a starter anymore, I believe Kuminga will be the one who will replace him. I wish he will be an all-star in the next years. . For the Rockets, they didn't play that bad at all as all 5 of their starters scored in double digits as well.

I can't believe how well the Jazz played. They beat the Kings, who are a good team. This team is so underrated. I believe it's their system that makes them better, because even without their best players, they can still win a game, and the team they beat is one of the best this season.

The scoring was spread out well, with eight guys scoring in double digits. That's unbelievable.

I'm also happy with the result, as I won my bet.

Most probably, they are already aware of that fact and this win is not something that they should be proud about but the thing is, a win is a win and what happened on the game earlier is still a good thing to the whole team. Even if it's not against a heavy team, the game earlier was somehow important to lift the team's morale as they are already under the impression that they're really cursed on their road games.