It is estimated that no one expected that the Cleveland Cavaliers, the fish-belly team that had been deceived in the past, would actually be among the playoffs this season, and have already ranked in the top six positions with a record of 26 wins and 18 losses, which means that if the playoffs start today, the Cavaliers can directly enter the playoffs, without having to go to the playoffs to compete for the ticket for the last train of the playoffs. The sudden rise of the Cavaliers also makes the outside world very optimistic that they can break into the East Final stage this year, and at present, they have a 51.4% probability of being among the East Finals, pressing the Heat (50.9%), bulls (49.1%), Nets (47.8%), Bucks (47.5%), which are the teams with the highest probability of the East Finals!
Although rubio was recently damaged, the Cavaliers immediately made a remedy plan, trading veteran point guard Rondo from the Lakers, perfectly closing the loophole of Rubio's absence. Recently, the Cavaliers have quietly ushered in a wave of 4 consecutive wins, stabilizing their rankings in the top six, and if this situation continues, will the Cavaliers have any hope of jumping to the leading position in the East? In fact, it is not without such possibilities.
First of all, the bulls, who are currently in the first place, have recently suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats. Cavaliers and their win difference is only 2.5, and the backcourt core LaVine also suffered from knee injuries and will be absent for a while, in addition, their backcourt organization core ball brother is also plagued by knee injuries, in order to ensure that these two backcourt duo can play an excellent performance in the playoffs in a healthy state, the Bulls are likely to let them rest for a while, after all, this season's team in the playoffs should be a sure fact, if there is an injury in the regular season, it is indeed a bit too much to lose.
As for the Second Place Nets, they also suffered from the core injury problem, the team's scoring king Durant suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament of his left knee in the last game against the Pelicans, and will return after 4-6 weeks of rehabilitation, and Irving can only play away games at present, that is to say, the Nets in the next game, basically let Harden lead the team, and this year his offensive state is not so stable, the Nets in the next not to say return to the East First, Even whether it can keep the second, to prevent being overtaken by the heat behind and the bucks is a big problem.
And the third place of the Heat, in the recent state is not too stable, the inner core Adebayor is still absent because of the thumb injury, lowry, Butler, the two giants of the state is also good and bad, even if they are lucky to return to the first place in the East, it is likely to be squeezed down by the team after that. As for the defending champion Bucks, they have only won 1 in the last 4 games, and their goal is not the regular season, but to recharge in the playoffs, so there is a high probability that they will not compete for the leading position in the East.
So in the case that these popular teams may not rush to the eastern dragon position for their own reasons, the Cavaliers may really become this "dark horse", since James left Cleveland again in the summer of 18, the Cavaliers have once again become the league's famous fish belly, and this season is not easy to usher in, it is expected to regain the Eastern Dragon Position, which is indeed of extraordinary significance for the "post-Zhan Huang" era of the Kecheng Youth Army!