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NBA's latest rankings: Harden scored 50 points, the Clippers rose to 8th in the West, and the Nuggets approached the Lakers with 25 points

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06/03/2025 15:15:00 ScoreStream

On March 6, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the results of today's eight games were as follows: Celtics defeated the Trail Blazers 128-118, Timberwolves defeated the Hornets 125-110, the Heat lost to the Cavaliers 107-112, the Jazz lost to the Wizards 122-125, the Bucks beat the Mavericks 137-107, the Nuggets reversed the Kings 116-110, the Thunder defeated the Grizzlies 120-103, and the Clippers defeated the Pistons 123-115. Let's take a look at the latest NBA rankings, first look at the West -

Compared to yesterday, there has been a change in the western rankings. The Clippers overtook the Kings to move up to No. 8 in the West, with the Kings dropping to No. 9. Little Card, Powell, Jones Jr., and Simmons all suspended, and Harden scored 50 points in a single-core outburst to lead the Clippers to defeat the Pistons, the dark horse of the East, and end a three-game losing streak. The 50 points were also the highest points of Harden's Clippers career, playing at least 38 minutes in two consecutive games, and Harden responded after the game: "Wait until the end of the season to rest." ”

The Kings were reversed by the Nuggets with a 14-point lead at most. Willis had 25 points, 5 rebounds and 4 three-pointers, Murray had 24 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, and Jokic had 22 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists. With this victory, the Nuggets further closed the gap with the Lakers. The Lakers currently have a 65% win rate, while the Nuggets have a 64.5% win rate. The battle for second place in the West is still fierce.

The Mavericks suffered a three-game losing streak to the Bucks, and although they are still in 10th place in the West, the gap between them and the Suns in 11th place in the West has narrowed to 2.5 wins. In this game, as many as 9 Mavericks were absent, and only 8 were able to play, and Klay contributed 28 points and 6 three-pointers, which was difficult to change the fate of the team's fiasco.

The latest rankings of the West are as follows –

1. Thunder 51-11

2. Lakers 39-21

3. Nuggets 40-22

4. Grizzlies 38-24

5. Rockets 37-25

6. Warriors 34-28

7. Timberwolves 35-29

8. Clippers 33-29

9. Kings 32-29

10. Mavericks 32-31

11. Suns 29-33

12. The Trail Blazers are 28-35

13. Spurs 26-34

14. Pelicans 17-45

15. Jazz 15-47

Compared to yesterday, the ranking of the east has not changed. However, the East produced the first team to lock up the playoffs. The league-leading Cavaliers won 12 straight games after beating the Heat and locked up the playoffs 20 games ahead of schedule. Mitchell had 26 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and six players on the team scored double-doubles.

The Bucks beat the Mavericks by 30 points, and it took him less than 25 minutes to score 30 points and 15 rebounds, while also unlocking the career 20,000-point milestone. The Bucks consolidated their position in fourth place in the East.

Although the Celtics were absent from the three main players, White and Pritchard ushered in an explosion, Pritchard scored 43 points, 10 of 16 three-pointers, White scored 41 points, 9 of 17 three-pointers, and the two combined for 84 points and 19 three-pointers, helping the Green Army defeat the Trail Blazers, who have been in good form recently.