The league has a total of 8 games scheduled today, a total of 9 teams in the West, including the Clippers Celtics, the Lakers lost to the Grizzlies, the Suns beat the Thunder, the Jazz beat the Blazers, and the Kings narrowly beat the Lone Rangers by 1 point. As a result, the ranking of the West has undergone subtle changes.
The Warriors currently continue to be in the first place in the West with a record of 27 wins and 7 losses, and their defeat to the Nuggets in the last game has further demonstrated the importance of Green. The Warriors' next four opponents are the Nuggets, Jazz, Heat and Mavericks, which will be a real test for Curry and the team, let's wait and see!
After beating the Thunder, the Suns' record also came to 27 wins and 7 losses, but because they did not have a superior record with each other, they could only relegate to the Warriors' second place. In fact, the Suns have been able to achieve their current results this year, which is not surprising to us fans, after all, this is one of the finals teams last season, and their lineup has not changed much compared to last year.
Like the Suns, the Jazz's overall form this season has been outstanding and stable, with their current record at 25 wins and 9 losses, two wins behind the Suns. The Jazz are currently averaging 115.8 points per game, ranking first in the league, and the team's three-point shooting is particularly outstanding, averaging 15.4 hits per game, also ranking first in the league. But again, the Jazz lack a player who can make a final decision at key moments, especially in the playoffs when it comes to competing stars.
The Grizzlies are currently in fourth place in the West with 22 wins and 14 losses, four wins behind the Jazz and 3.5 wins ahead of the Nuggets behind them, so in the short term, the Grizzlies' fourth place will be very solid. Under Morant's leadership, the strength of this team should not be underestimated, and the resilience they have shown is hard not to be reminiscent of the era of the black and white bears, and we look forward to the Grizzlies bringing us more surprises next.
After consecutive narrow wins over the Clippers and Warriors, the two-game winning Nuggets temporarily rose to the fifth position in the West, the current record is 17 wins and 16 losses, in the absence of Murray and Porter Jr., Mr. Jo once again played an MVP-level performance, but the overall strength of the team is there.
Sixth in line is the 18-17 Clippers, whose current injury situation is even worse than the Nuggets, already one less Leonard, and George will continue to be out of the game for more than a month because of a torn right elbow ligament. But even so, the Clippers can still maintain a win rate of more than 50%, which has to be admired.
The Lakers today suffered their sixth defeat in the last seven games, with a record of only 17 wins and 19 losses, and are currently in seventh place, and have fallen behind the Clippers by 1.5 wins. It is worth mentioning that in these 7 games, The average personal data of Lao Zhan is 32 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists per game, which shows that the problems currently exposed by the Lakers are not just as simple as the absence of thick eyebrows. Player trades may really be on the agenda.
After the defeat of the Kings, the 16-18 Lone Ranger has fallen to the eighth place in the West, and throughout December, the Lone Ranger's monthly record is only 6 wins and 9 losses, and the impact of the absence of the star Doncic is still very obvious. In terms of attack and defense alone, the Lone Ranger's performance this year is obviously not as good as last season, and everything depends on their performance in the second half of the season.
Ranked 9-15 are the Timberwolves, Spurs, Kings, Trail Blazers, Pelicans, Thunder and Rockets. I have to mention the Blazers, their performance this year is really disappointing, so Lillard may really have to consider changing the owner.