Halfway through the NBA schedule, media fans have a new assessment of how teams performed in the first half of the season. This season, the Suns have gone up against the current in the general situation of the beginning, and have surpassed the Warriors and occupied the first position in the league alone; the Eastern Conference has fallen into a scuffle, and many powerful teams are difficult to score; the Lakers can be called the loneliest team, with the determination to form a championship team, but ended up being sprayed everywhere.
Today's league has 9 games, and the Magic and Grizzlies have interrupted the longest record of losing streaks and winning streaks. The Magic have suffered 10 consecutive defeats before, but today the away challenge to the Hornets, with the Wagner brothers' explosive output, the two of them combined 45 points, 9 boards, 8 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks on 28 shooting, and the Magic finally ended the humiliating losing streak.
The Grizzlies unexpectedly fell at the feet of the Lone Ranger. Previously, facing the Suns, Nets, Warriors and Lakers, the Grizzlies have withstood the pressure and achieved a perfect record of 10 consecutive wins, but the Lone Rangers' superstar Doncic is unreasonable, and the sudden outbreak in the second half ends the Grizzlies' 10-game winning streak.
The Suns continued to beat the Pacers today, taking a 2-game winning streak. As of now, they have a record of 32 wins and 9 losses, ranking first in the league. Due to the recent downturn, the Warriors' record has declined rapidly, followed by only 31 wins and 11 losses. This was followed by the Grizzlies and Jazz, four teams that made up the First Army of the West.
Compared with the clear hierarchy in the west, the situation in the east is more chaotic. At present, the winning difference between the four top teams of the Bulls, Heat, Nets and Bucks is no more than 2 games, and the four giants are caught in the middle of the crowd. In addition, Philadelphia and the Cavaliers followed, and the Hornets, Wizards, Raptors, Knicks and other teams maintained the same footsteps.
The Lakers, another giant in the West, have been moving forward in controversy this season. The injury of the thick eyebrow brother, the strange state of Wei Shao, and the run-in of the lineup, the Lakers are far from reaching their expectations. At present, the Lakers are 7th in the West with 21 wins and 21 losses, which is not inferior to the Clippers that lack Leonard and George.
According to the difficulty prediction of the next schedule, the Lakers will have the third most difficulty in the league, behind the Bucks and Knicks. In this way, the Lakers want to play a better result in the second half, I am afraid it is not a small difficulty. Now that the Lakers and loners, Nuggets, Clippers and Timberwolves have similar records, they are likely to end up in a playoff wrangling. For a team that aspires to win the championship, it is a sad thing to be reduced to playing the play-offs.