Halfway through the regular season, the competition in the East is fierce, with multiple teams vying for titles and who can play in the playoffs. This season's regular season top-6 playoffs will be played between the top 6, and the 7th-10th place will play in the playoffs, deciding the final 7th and 8th places.
Three teams lost 17;
The gap between the top six in the East is all very small, with the Heat currently in first place with a record of 30-17, or 63.8 percent; as many as three teams with 17 losses in the East, and in addition to the Heat, the Bulls who won today and the Nets, who lost last game to the Timberwolves, are also 17. The Bulls and nets have the same record, but because of the win-loss relationship between them, the Bulls are ranked higher. The three teams, who are hot candidates for the Eastern Conference title, are strong but have also recently run into injuries.
Three teams strive to stir up trouble;
There are three teams with 19 losses, namely the Bucks, Cavaliers and Philadelphia. In recent seasons, the Bucks have been the team with the best regular season record, winning the league regular season championship many times, and this season they are the defending champions, with Aaron joining, the overall strength is very strong. The Cavaliers have a record of 29 wins and 19 losses, they are a dark horse team, under the leadership of Aaron, LeFu and others to perform strongly. Embiid of Philadelphia has a good chance of hitting the MVP, and while not Ben Simmons, they are still competitive.
Wasps have targets;
Jordan's team is currently in seventh place with a record of 26-21, and they have a 1.5-win margin between the top six straight to the playoffs and a smaller gap between the teams behind them. So the Hornets need to work hard next, a wave of winning streaks is likely to improve the rankings, but if the performance is not good, it is likely to be surpassed by the team behind them.
The play-offs are fiercely competitive;
From 8th to 11th place, there is only 1 win difference between the four teams, and the win or loss of any one game has the potential to change the rankings a lot. Trae Young's team looked like they were going to sink, but recently they won a wave of four consecutive wins, pulling their winning percentage to 45.7%, a bit of a gap between the top six, but the probability of them participating in the playoffs in 12th place is still very large, after all, the Hawks were the team in the Eastern Conference Finals last season's playoffs, which is still worth looking forward to.
Impact Play-offs;
The Pacers had previously decided to rebuild, but consecutive wins over teams such as the Lakers and Warriors, coupled with their own good strength, made this team still have the hope of impacting the playoffs, and they are only 1.5 wins away from the 10th-place Wizards, and they still have a good chance of participating in the playoffs.