We have to admit that due to the triggering of the league's health and safety regulations, all teams have more or less experienced personnel absences, which has also had a visible impact on the current ranking situation in the league!
Among them, the West, which has been surging with undercurrents this season, has appeared in the previous ranking battle, and there has been a situation of mixed competition between the strong.
Fortunately, thanks to the simultaneous return of the two main players of Booker + Ayton, and the team's 5-game attack, the Phoenix Suns, which have been suppressed by the Warriors before, have finally broken through the ranking.
More importantly, the Suns are not only leading the West with a regular season record of 26 wins and 5 losses, but also maintain a 0.5 win gap and sit firmly in the 1st place in the West!
On the other hand, the No. 2 Warriors, although the team has just won 2 consecutive wins, but considering the situation that the two main players in the team, Wiggins + Jordan Poole, cannot play for the time being, it has to be said that the Warriors will undoubtedly face no small challenges and tests in the next schedule.
In contrast, the Jazz, currently ranked No. 3 in the West, seem to be hard to shake in this position.
After all, from the current situation, the Jazz, who have won 22 and lost 9 in the regular season, although 3.5 wins behind the Warriors, are as many as four wins ahead of the 4th-placed Grizzlies.
Coupled with the fact that the Grizzlies are in the 3-game losing streak, rationally speaking, whether the Jazz want to launch an impact on the top 2 in the West, or the Grizzlies want to rush into the top 3 in the West, the difficulty can be imagined!
As a pair of difficult brothers, the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers, who were once able to dominate the West, have been able to achieve a surprise in this season's record and ranking, and there has been a cliff-like decline almost at the same time.
For the Clippers, despite the recent return of home star Paul George, unfortunately, the four main players of Reggie Jackson + Morris Jr. + Kennard + Hartten have entered a state of protection.
At the same time, the fluctuations in personnel have also led to a significant decline in the Team's record of the Clippers, and the ranking has also fallen to no. 5 in the West!
On the other hand, on the Lakers side, after the team's core thick eyebrows and head coach Vogel's successive absences, James + Westbrook repeatedly played a wonderful personal performance.
But the reality is that after 4 consecutive defeats, rationally talking about the current situation of the Lakers is indeed not optimistic!
Fortunately, due to the 7th Lone Ranger in the West, who also suffered from the absence of core players, the Lakers, who have lost 4 consecutive games, can still hold the Lone Rangers in the 6th place in the West with a regular season record of 16 wins and 17 losses.
Of course, considering the win gap with the Lone Rangers, it has to be said that whether the Lakers, who lack major generals, can stabilize the current ranking, there seem to be a lot of variables and uncertainties!
And for the Nuggets, who are currently no. 8 in the West, we must admit that under the double blow of Michael Potter Jr.'s unexpected injury and Aron Gordon's injury.
As the leader of the team, Jokic, although the comeback of the fire line played a phenomenal personal performance, but he was unable to make the Nuggets' record and ranking further!
Add to that the Nuggets and the No. 7 Lone Rangers, as well as the No. 9 Timberwolves and No. 10 Spurs, and the gap between records and wins isn't obvious.
To tell the truth, the Nuggets, who are now missing a number of main players, will undoubtedly fall into the dilemma of being attacked in the next ranking battle that gradually becomes white-hot!
As for whether the current ranking of the West will change again after the Christmas War, judging from the chaotic situation at this stage, it seems that we can only wait and see!