The NBA Cup s group of death brings together the Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets and Warriors, but the Trail Blazers are most likely to advance.

The NBA Cup group stage is underway, and the group of death this season is undoubtedly the Western Conference Group C.

Western Conference Group C includes the Nuggets, Spurs, Rockets, Warriors, and Trail Blazers. The Nuggets have been a strong team in the Western Conference in recent seasons. The Rockets have gained Durant to become even more powerful. The Warriors are also experienced. The Spurs have risen rapidly this season. The only thing missing is the Trail Blazers.

But who would have thought that the group most likely to advance is the Trail Blazers.

The promotion rules of the NBA Cup are that the first place in the three Western Conference groups and the second place in the group with the best record advance to the semifinals.

Currently, the rankings of Group C are:

The Nuggets and Trail Blazers have 2 wins and 1 loss. Because the Trail Blazers defeated the Nuggets head-on, the Trail Blazers are ranked first and the Nuggets are ranked second.

The Spurs ranked 3rd with 1 win and 1 loss.

Both the Rockets and Warriors have 1 win and 2 losses. The Rockets are ranked 4th due to their point difference advantage, and the Warriors are at the bottom of the third group.

There are still a few games left, namely:

Trail Blazers VS Spurs, Rockets VS Warriors, Spurs VS Nuggets.

Let’s look at the Rockets and Warriors first. The two teams faced off head-to-head in the last game, so their records must be that one team has 2 wins and 2 losses, and the other team has 1 win and 3 losses.

Looking at the Trail Blazers, Spurs and Nuggets, as long as the Trail Blazers or the Nuggets win one more game, they can reach 3 wins. If they do not win, it means that the Spurs have reached 3 wins. Therefore, among the 3 teams of the Trail Blazers, Spurs and Nuggets, there will be at least one team with 3 wins.

Therefore, what is certain is that the best record of the Rockets and Warriors is 2 wins and 2 losses, and among the Trail Blazers, Spurs, and Nuggets, there must be a team with 3 wins, which means that the Rockets and Warriors will definitely miss the first place in the group. If they want to advance, they can only rely on the second place in the group with the best results.

However, in the previous Group A and Group B, the current situation shows that the second place in the group will be 3 wins and 1 loss. That is to say, even if the Warriors and Rockets get the second place in the group, they are not the second best group. Therefore, unless there are consecutive upsets in Group A and Group B, the Rockets and Warriors will already be out.

The competition in Group C is between the Trail Blazers, Nuggets and Spurs!

The Trail Blazers currently have the advantage, because they once narrowly defeated the Nuggets 109-107, taking advantage of each other. As long as the Trail Blazers defeat the Spurs in the last game, their record will be 3 wins and 1 loss, while the Spurs and Nuggets will have 3 wins and 1 loss, and 2 wins and 2 losses.

Because the Trail Blazers won both the Spurs and the Nuggets, the Trail Blazers will be first in the group. The winner of the Nuggets and Spurs with 3 wins and 1 loss will be second in the group and still hope to compete for promotion places.

So as long as the Trail Blazers defeat the Spurs, they will advance first in the group.

If the Trail Blazers lose to the Spurs, the outcome will be the same as the Rockets and Warriors. They will definitely miss the first place in the group, and even if they are second in the group, they have no hope of advancing.

So Trail Blazers VS Spurs is a life and death battle for the Blazers. Win to advance, lose to be eliminated.

Then there is the Nuggets. The initiative lies with the Trail Blazers first. If the Trail Blazers defeat the Spurs, then the Nuggets will have to defeat the Spurs first to compete for second place in the group with the best results.

If the Trail Blazers lose to the Spurs, then as long as the Nuggets defeat the Spurs, they will be able to secure first place in the group with 3 wins and 1 loss and advance to the semifinals.

Taking it all together, the Nuggets must defeat the Spurs. If they lose to the Spurs, they will definitely be out; if they defeat the Spurs, the Trail Blazers must lose to the Spurs or the score difference is greater than the second place in Group A and Group B.

Finally, the Spurs need to win consecutive games against the Trail Blazers and Nuggets to advance to first place in the group. Don't look down on the Trail Blazers. The Thunder's only loss of the season was also caused by the Trail Blazers.