In the history of the NBA there is no eternal strong team, as strong as the Rock Solid Spurs, after Duncan and Leonard left is also a collapse, as the saying goes, there will be dark horse teams in every year, every year there will be strong teams to decline, although this season's regular season is not over, but through the past period of observation and the thickness of the lineup shown by each team, this season there are four teams expected to break the division pattern to become dark horse teams, let's see which teams are there.
The Cavaliers finished fourth in the East with 17 wins and 12 losses
Before the start of the new season, I believe that not many friends are optimistic about the Cavaliers, and they renewed Allen's contract in the offseason, signed Markkanen and won Mobley with a probing sign, and won three inside lines in one go, which also made everyone question, thinking that they were fooling around, and as a result, the Cavaliers with their three towers, plus Garland's growth, they played a very good competitiveness, and now they are in the fourth place in the East, and many strong teams have suffered in their hands.
This season's Cavaliers showed a good talent at the same time, they also play team basketball, which is also a key to their success, everyone selflessly pass the ball also makes many players willing to be more actively integrated into the team, releasing energy at both ends of the attack and defense, so far this season, the Cavaliers have averaged 8 points in doubles per game, which is also rare in history, they are cashing in on their talents, and may occupy the top eight positions in the East for a long time in the future.
The Grizzlies are fourth in the West with 17 wins and 11 losses
Last season's Grizzlies still played the playoffs to enter the playoffs, and in the offseason they sent Varan away, thinking that they would not play too well this season, the result of which the Grizzlies have played better this season, mainly because many of their young players have begun to cash in on their talents, like Jaren Jackson Jr., Bain, in the past period of time Morant was injured, they actually played 8-1, commendable.
Although the current Grizzlies are not yet All-Stars, they have four young players who have shown all-Star potential, Morant averaged 24 points per game, Dillon Brooks averaged 18 points per game, Bain and Little Jalen Jackson averaged 16 points per game, which is why after Morant was injured, the team still has such a good fighting ability, they can score too many players, I say the Grizzlies are the most talented team in the West, I guess there are not too many doubts, right?
The Bulls are second in the East with 17 wins and 10 losses
After taking DeRozan, Ball and Caruso in the offseason, everyone knew that the Bulls would rise, but at that time, many media predicted that they would be the bottom eight teams in the East, and they did not expect that under the leadership of DeRozan, they played second in the East, the team attacked and defended very well, the defensive end had iron gates such as Bauer and Caruso, and the offensive end had all-star escorts such as Raven, Vucevic and DeRozan, which was too rich.
This season the Bulls can hit the second place in the East thanks to DeRozan, Azan's insoluble mid-range is too fierce, after leaving the Spurs he completely released his firepower, this season averaged 26 points per game, completely superstar-level performance, and he is also the king of the final quarter of the season, leading the team to double the First Nets in the East, the Bulls are expected to be black to the end this season, they do have the ability to break the wrist with the Bucks and nets.
The Hornets were 15-14 in eighth place in the East
Here you may say, the Hornets accidentally entered the top eight, they will fall after that, I think it is true that they may fall out of the top eight, but if the full play, the Hornets are difficult to be defeated, before the Hornets are the fourth in the East, because the absence of three goals only let them fall again and again, to the eighth position in the East, now the Hornets can play too many players, if they defend better I even think they will now be the existence of the top four in the East.
So far this season, the Hornets 5 people average more than 17 points per game, such a firepower is too fierce, this season's rise of the Hornets thanks to the growth of three goals and Bridges, the team's Rozier and Hayward still have a good immediate combat strength, plus the signing of Oubre in the Hornets played a good performance, now the Hornets can hold the ball to solve the problem of the player is too much, Jordan's operation in recent years is commendable.
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