Today the NBA played three games, the Eastern Nets, Knicks, Celtics all played, after today's game, the East ushered in a new pattern. The Nets and Bulls compete for the top spot; the Cavaliers, Celtics, and Hawks have the same record; and the 11 teams have a record of 50% or more.
Today, the Nets relied on Harden's quasi-triple-double stats and Durant's outstanding performance of 11 points in the final quarter to reverse the Lone Ranger on the road to beat the Spurs 102:99, while the team also retained the first place in the East.
The Nets currently have a record of 17 wins and 7 losses ahead of the Bulls by 0.5 wins, while the Bulls are 17 wins and 8 losses. Like the West, the competition for the top spot in the East is now fierce. Although the Nets are ahead of the Bulls, this lead is basically nothing.
To know that this season's regular season, the Nets have been double-killed by the Bulls, once the Nets lose, the Bulls win, then the first position in the East will change hands. And the Nets have basically no wins against strong teams, and teams at playoff level are more losers than they win.
The Bulls are much better than the Nets against the strong teams, and they play very well against playoff-level teams, so the Bulls are likely to top the East in a short period of time.
So what will happen to the competition for the top spot in the East? Let's wait and see!
In addition to the Top Battle between the Bulls and the Nets, the other teams in the East are also very exciting in the playoff battles. The Bucks are in an intermediate position, and they can't go up or down in a short time.
But the gap from the Heat in 4th to the Knicks in 11th was small, with the Heat only leading the Knicks by 1.5 wins. Of these eight teams, many have the same record, and one game can make a big difference in the situation in the East.
The Heat and Wizards have the same record, both 14 wins and 11 losses. And the recent situation of the two teams is not good, the Heat two consecutive losses, the Wizards three consecutive losses, a little careless, will fall out of the top five in the East, so the next game is very critical.
The Cavaliers, Hawks and Celtics all three teams have the same record of 13 wins and 12 losses, ranking eighth to tenth. The three teams are currently in the play-off zone, so the next game is also very important, and if one is not careful, it will be overtaken by the Knicks behind them.
This season's competition in the East is fierce not only is their ranking competition very fierce, their winning percentage is also very high. As of today, the top ten teams in the East have a 50 percent win rate, and even the eleventh-placed Knicks have a 50 percent win rate.
In contrast, only 6 teams in the West have won more than 50%, and the polarization is more serious than in the East. If this continues, perhaps this season the Eastern Conference team will enter the playoffs, and the winning rate may reach 50%.
The next four teams, with the exception of the Raptors, who are likely to compete for the Eastern Conference playoffs this season, are all big hits in next year's Lotto district.
The Raptors currently have an 11-13 record, which is 1.5 wins away from the tenth-place Celtics, so the Raptors still have the possibility of making the playoffs. At present, the Raptors have won two consecutive games and are in good shape.