As of now, the first 19 rounds of the CBA regular season have all been fought, which also means that this season's regular season schedule is officially more than half. Based on the current performance and specific performance of the league's teams, we can take a tour of the ranking of the league's teams. CBA Latest Rankings! Liaoning is the 1st in the half, Guangdong is in the top 4, and the alliance pattern is completely changing!
So far this season, the league landscape has changed dramatically compared to last season. In the traditional strong team, the Guangdong men's basketball team has a serious aging of the lineup, and Du Feng's coach is also a very headache; as another top four team last season, the Xinjiang team appeared to be powerless after losing Zhou Qi, and the team lost its competitiveness; as for Beijing Shougang, which has always been known for its strong defense, the current team ranking is not ideal. In this context, this season's league structure does have another point of view.
According to the current ranking situation, the league's 20 teams can be roughly divided into four echelons, let's talk about it specifically!
Echelon 4: Fujian, Jiangsu, Ningbo, Tongxi
The record of these four teams is unbearable, Fujian and Jiangsu are both 3 wins and 16 losses, Ningbo has 2 wins and 17 losses, and Tongxi has only won 1 victory since the beginning of the tournament. Although half of the season is still to be played, these four teams have essentially announced the end of the season early, and they will eventually become stepping stones for other teams to compete for records and rankings. For these four teams, the only thing they can do at the moment is to calm down and develop their young players.
Echelon 3: Qingdao, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Tianjin
Unlike the state of the fourth echelon, Qingdao, Xinjiang, Sichuan and Tianjin are still trying to compete for playoff places, and the gap between their records and the 12th-place Jilin team is not large, of which Qingdao is only one win behind The Jilin team. With 19 games left in the regular season, each of these teams theoretically has the potential to sprint through the playoffs. Of course, as for whether they can finally make it into the playoffs, it depends on how hard they work in the second half of the season.
Echelon 2: Shanxi, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing Shougang, Shandong, Beikong, Jilin
From the perspective of the current overall pattern of the league, the disparity in strength between the teams in this echelon is the largest, although they are all playoff teams for the time being, but the situation of each team is completely different.
In the case of the Guangdong team, they are temporarily ranked 6th with a record of 14 wins and 5 losses, but there is only one win gap from the fourth-place Shanghai team, and the team is currently moving frequently, in order to be able to suppress the second half of the regular season and the playoffs, after all, it is an old strong team that has won 3 consecutive championships, which still has a foundation.
Also in the second echelon, Beijing Shougang pressure is greater, Jeremy Lin in the second stage of the airborne did not make the team's strength have been significantly improved, the team is still winning less and losing more, it can be seen that the second half of the shougang season is still not easy to play, the team needs to further run in; as for the Jilin team, their situation is even less optimistic, the Qingdao team and the Xinjiang team behind them are looking at the tiger, who wants to kick them out of the playoff roster.
Echelon 1: Liaoning, Zhejiang, Guangsha, Shanghai
So far this season, these four teams have been able to occupy the top four seats, which is still somewhat refreshing, especially after Guangdong and Xinjiang have fallen out of the top four this season, the first echelon of the league led by Liaoning has formed a new "four musketeers" pattern.
Among them, the Liaoning men's basketball team has the strongest lineup, which is also the key to their ability to occupy the top of the list for a long time, and continue to play according to the current state, then the Liaoning team stabilizes the regular season champion; the two teams of Zhejiang and Guangsha, which have continued the strong state in recent years, can have this performance.
As a giant upstart, the restructured Shanghai Sharks have shown a completely different style, and their rapid rise has become a major attraction of the league this season!