The Lakers and Nets are definitely the biggest championship favourites before the start of the season, and the two teams have been claimed by the media to have locked up the Finals, and most fans and media are also looking forward to Durant and James meeting again in the Finals after changing teams.
These two teams can be described as a pile of superstars, masters like clouds, the Nets were sitting on Durant, Harden and Irving composed of the super big three, the three players were at the peak, Durant after the tendon rupture is still unstoppable, the Lakers side is more than the big five, James, Davis, Westbrook, Anthony and Howard. The result is how much expectation is great, how big the disappointment is, and neither team has played the performance it should, let alone the position of entering the finals, and whether it can keep the playoffs is difficult to say.
The Nets side under the leadership of rookie head coach Nash can be described as disorderly, there is no tactics at all, in the words of fans, Nash is Durant's puppet, it is the existence of Durant, it is the existence of Durant, so that it can sit back and relax in the head coach position, the result is to use the main players, resulting in Durant Harden intermittent injury, Irving has been restricted from playing, forced by the pressure of the record to make its comeback, only playing away games completely ruined the atmosphere of the team and the unity of the locker room, and finally made a Harden trade, As a result, Simmons, who had a bigger psychological problem, and Irving just got together, and the Nets management's operation was also extremely rare.
If the Nets' locker room contradiction is hidden inside, the Lakers are to completely disclose the locker room contradiction, the new season is not long, Davis and Howard almost moved on the bench, Howard has been targeted by the coach since then, Westbrook completely lost the ability to shoot, Davis gained weight and then became a glass man, James's undefended and sluggish mistakes on the court have made fans can't see it, and the good big five can only rely on the bitter support of veteran Anthony. Nowadays, the problems about the internal contradictions of the Lakers are endless, and the James team even wants to intervene in the Lakers management.
Now both teams are all in their respective league play-off zones, one ranked eighth and the other ranked ninth, which is really a good pair of brothers and sisters, and it is also a special fate to play from the pre-game championship hit to the current playoff playoff defense.