On December 21, Beijing time, the NBA officially updated the team's strength list. In the latest issue of the NBA's official strength list, the Suns continue to rank first and the Warriors rank second. The Nets are still fifth, but the Cavaliers, who have been in hot form lately, have overtaken them and moved up to fourth on the power list. The Lakers' rankings, as they were last week, remain at No. 15.
Compared with the previous week's strength list, the Timberwolves have improved the most, up 7 places, from 21st to 14th, ranking ahead of the Lakers. Last week, the Timberwolves won all three games and were in good shape, and Towns was also named the Western Conference Player of the Week. The hawks dropped the most, from 13th to 20th.
Here's the breakdown of the latest official rankings, with the teams' rankings in the previous period in parentheses —
1st-10th place: 1. Suns (1), 2. Warriors (2), 3. Jazz (3), 4. Cavaliers (6), 5. Nets (5), 6. Bucks (4), 7. Grizzlies (10), 8. Bulls (8), 9. Heat (7), 10. Clippers (11);
11th-20th place: 12.76ers (9), 13. Nuggets (17), 14. Timberwolves (21), 15. Lakers (15), 16. Hornets (12), 17. Raptors (19), 18. Wizards (14), 19. Lone Rangers (18), 20. Eagles (13);
21st-30th place: 21. Pacers (20), 22. Trail Blazers (24), 23. Knicks (22), 24. Kings (26), 25. Spurs (23), 26. Rockets (25), 27. Pelicans (28), 28. Thunder (27), 29. Magic (29), 30. Pistons (30).
The Suns continued to be number one, with no players triggering a health-safety agreement, and Booker's return made the team more stable. The Warriors' Poole and Wiggins triggered a health and safety agreement, which affected the overall strength of the team to a certain extent, and Curry, who finally became the all-time three-point king, needed to take on more scoring tasks. Thompson is not expected to return until early January. The Cavaliers have won 3 and lost 0 last week and have won six in a row, with a strong upward momentum.
The Nets Big Three are all quarantined, with 10 players on the team triggering health and safety agreements, and the current roster is more like a development league team. If their main force does not return soon, it is expected that the record will be affected. Thick eyebrow suffered a knee sprain and is expected to be stopped for at least 4 weeks. The pressure on James and Westbrook is not small, and the Lakers have signed two players in a row.
Officials also updated last week's relevant data and analysis -
The highest player is the Grizzlies' Melton, 4 games cumulative +68, Morant's injury after the Grizzlies, strong performance, Melton is also in good shape. The player with the highest negative value is the Hornets' Rozier, who has accumulated -68 in 4 games, and the number is the same as Thatlton, but the symbols are different.
The best team last week was the Cavaliers, who beat the Heat, Rockets and Bucks. The Cavaliers are currently in third place in the East and are far outpacing pre-season expectations. Last week's worst team was the 76ers, who lost all three games.
The official count of the head-to-head records between the Eastern and Western teams, last week, the Western and Eastern teams met 21 times, with 14 wins and 7 losses prevailing. So far this season, the record between western and eastern teams is 87 wins and 77 losses (53%), with the West having the upper hand.