The NBA regular season continues, with nearly halfway through the season's schedule, and teams are moving towards their goals, such as the intensity of the championships, which are trying to win more games, and the teams that are signing up for the lottery are also moving further towards the goal. As the schedule progresses, the rankings in the standings change every day, with the Western Sun Warriors leading the way and the Jazz following, with the East being more competitive in comparison. NBA Rankings: The Suns are chasing the Warriors, the Lakers have won two consecutive games, and the competition in the top four in the East is still fierce.
The Western Conference standings have changed a bit recently, having been the Warriors and Suns taking turns occupying the leader running standings, but the Jazz's recent strong winning streak has brought their record closer to that of the Warriors and Suns. Despite losing the game against the Warriors, they still ranked third in the West with 26 wins and 10 losses, and the Warriors ranked first with a win rate of 80% with 28 wins and 7 losses.
The Suns were also not willing to fall behind the Warriors, paul and Booker led the team against the Hornets and they were a big score to defeat the opponent and win easily. Ayton, McGee, Kaminsky and many other interior players missed the game because of health and safety agreements, the Suns had to sign firefighters, they signed a 10-day contract with center Billy Yongbo, Biyombo averaged 5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks last season for the Hornets, this was his first game of the season against his old club Biyombo was very good, 7-of-5 shooting with 11 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, in the game Biyombo also received a pocket pass from Booker Smith and caused a foul. Also doing well was Jaylen Smith, who had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks on 8-of-15 shooting in the 23rd minute. Paul didn't feel good on the offensive end, but he delivered 16 assists, and the Suns blossomed in his tandem, and the Suns, who scored in double-doubles with 7 players, easily won the game.
The Lakers have to talk about so much, there are still so many problems to be solved anyway, but fortunately, they have recently ushered in a wave of two consecutive wins, but after seeing the opponent and their own performance, they themselves do not have the joy of winning, just like winning the Lack of Russell and Towns Timberwolves, the Lakers team is not the slightest happy, the performance is that they are revenge success, but in fact, in the face of the remnants of the Timberwolves they still play like this.
Still using a small lineup of Lakers in the game rebounds by the Timberwolves exploded, rebounds 28-56 rebounds 4-20, this is the use of small lineups exist in the fatal problem, so far this season the Lakers have many problems, injuries, lineup run-in, tactical systems, etc., nearly half of the schedule they still have not found a good solution. At present, only 19 wins and 19 losses ranked 7th in the West, such a ranking also means that they still need to work hard for playoff places, to know that their follow-up schedule is not easy, coupled with the thick eyebrows are still not returning, the team's dependence on James is more and more obvious, so far this season James averages 37 minutes per game in the league second, whether this will become a hidden danger, how to solve it is necessary to Wagle to face.
Unlike the pattern in the West, the competition in the East this season is fierce. During the offseason, teams have made lineup adjustments and reinforcements, which has created a small gap between the current top four teams in the East. The Bulls are ranked first in the East with a wave of seven consecutive wins with 24 wins and 10 losses, and their current results this season are directly related to DeRozan's arrival, averaging 26.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game so far in the season, scoring the first points in the team. The fans jokingly said: Lavin said to DeRozan, I thought you were here to help me.
The Nets are also constantly problematic despite a good record but they have suffered two consecutive defeats. They are all giving away the victories in hand, but the good news is that Harden has regained his former fiery state and Irving will return soon, and I believe they are still strong contenders for the championship. Behind them are the 6-game losing streak of the Heat (25 wins and 13 losses) and the Heat (23 wins and 14 losses). Competition for first place in the East is fierce.