Although the teams are currently in the midst of an All-Star Weekend break, the NBA officially announced the new official battle list as usual.
Since the regular season stage has been halfway through, there are still more than 20 games left to compete for the play-offs, and this time the official list is also a warm-up for the final stage of the incentive game.
Among them, the big favorite teams at the beginning of the game were not happy, the Lakers and Nets were difficult to make it to the top 15, the Warriors fell out of the top five, and the Rockets returned to the first place.
1st Place: Suns (1st in the previous period)
There is no doubt that the top spot still belongs to the Suns, who have achieved a record of 18 wins and 1 loss in the last 19 games.
With this performance, the team also improved the overall record to 48 wins and 10 losses, 6.5 wins ahead of the warriors in the league's second place, plus the remaining schedule is less difficult.
Even if Paul will miss 6-8 weeks due to injury, the Suns will most likely end the regular season stage with the first in the league, and it is believed that the Suns will strengthen the guard line in the buyout market to fill the gap during Paul's absence.
2nd place: Grizzlies (2nd in the previous period)
As the biggest dark horse in the West this season, the Grizzlies explained what is "low open high", from the beginning of Morant's injury, the team's state has been showing an upward trend, in February, the Grizzlies played the league's first offensive efficiency, 123.7 points in 100 rounds.
This puts the team in third place in the league with a record of 41 wins and 19 losses, only 1.5 wins behind the second-place Warriors, and is ready to complete the reversal at any time.
And the team's remaining schedule is the third easiest in the league, which gives the Warriors great pressure and also gives potential first-round opponents the Lakers certain expectations.
3rd place: Heat (4th in the previous period)
With the game to beat the Hornets, the Heat completed a rally against the Bulls and regained their top spot in the East just before entering All-Star Weekend.
This is undoubtedly a huge incentive for the Heat, but also a demonstration of the team's overall strength, so far in the season, the team has been plagued by injuries, and the four core players Lowry, Butler, Adebayo and Hiro have played a total of only 65 minutes together.
It is believed that after the team gets rid of the injury, it will play a proud performance in the playoffs and launch another attack on the championship.
4-10: Celtics (7), Nuggets (9), Warriors (3), 76ers (5), Lone Rangers (12), Bulls (13), Cavaliers (6)
Most of the teams in this file have good competitiveness, among which the Green Army, Nuggets, and Lone Rangers are all beneficiaries of the trade deadline, which has changed the team's previous unfavorable situation and further improved its ranking.
The Bulls and cavaliers are both dark horses and have suffered serious injury problems, but the Bulls have re-entered the top ten with DeRozan's outburst, and the Cavaliers have slipped in the ranking due to a few games lost.
The 76ers fell out of the top five because the team lost to the Green Army by a big score, but fortunately, the team adjusted in time, and the Warriors were still in a 2-game losing streak, and there was a certain problem in the distribution of the ball.
11-20: Jazz (11), Bucks (8), Raptors (10), Timberwolves (14), Clippers (15), Hawks (16), Nets (17), Lakers (20), Spurs (19), Hornets (18).
As the defending champion, the Bucks fell out of the top ten because in the absence of the alphabet brother, the team exposed the team's poor competitiveness without the alphabet brother, coupled with the nearly 4 games and 3 losses, the ranking decline is reasonable.
After the Nets completed the trade, although the situation was briefly reversed, the team's ranking did not change because Irving's part-time status had not been resolved, and Durant was still injured.
Although the Lakers suffered from the injury problem of the thick eyebrow brother, because of the explosion of James's state and the obvious improvement of Wei Shao's state, the team's ranking did not fall but rose.
21-25: Wizards (22), Trail Blazers (24), Pelicans (23), Knicks (21), Kings (25);
26-30: Thunder (27), Pacers (26), Magic (28), Pistons (30), Rockets (29).
After a brief rebound to the penultimate second, the Rockets returned to the bottom of the first, after all, the team has not been able to improve the immediate combat strength, and it is also a mess in cultivating young players.