On March 21, after the NBA regular season ended many games, the NBA officially released the latest rankings, the most unexpected of which of course was the Philadelphia 76ers were reversed, and the Raptors helped the defending champion Bucks return to the second place in the East; while the Western Side, the Suns were at the top of the standings, and basically no team could threaten the Position of the Suns. In addition, the defeat of Houston Rockets, Warriors and other teams has also made the latest changes in the current ranking, so let's take a look at it together.
First look at the top eight teams in the West are: Suns, Grizzlies, Warriors, Jazz, Lone Rangers, Timberwolves, Nuggets and Clippers, the top eight positions have not changed, the most unexpected is still the 8th, 9th, Los Angeles Lakers previously ranked 9th in the West, but because the Pelicans defeated the Hawks, completely smoothed out the 0.5 win gap with the Lakers, in one fell swoop, the Pelicans ranked 9th in the West, and the Lakers have fallen to the 10th position in the West.
Secondly, looking at the Eastern Conference rankings, the biggest change is Philadelphia and the Bucks, the top eight are: Heat, Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, Green Army, Bulls, Cavaliers, Raptors and Nets, when philadelphia rankings are overtaken, from the second place Bucks is 0.5 wins gap, so it is not impossible to catch up, but the current team problems need to be solved; including injury reasons and Harden's state factors, if you advance to the playoffs with such a state, at most it is also a team that accompanies the running.
So in summary, the Western Conference side, the biggest variable is still the 2nd, 3rd position of the competition, now the Warriors because of Curry's injury, can only let Thompson carry the team forward, but this state has never been able to help the team win; since Curry's injury, the Warriors have recently won 2 consecutive losses, The Grizzlies, who are second in the West, are 1.5 wins away, and the Suns are even less visible, so this team is incomplete without Curry; Kerr's goal is to return to second place in the West so that there will be a good ranking in the playoffs.
Finally, the Lakers, as the most disappointing team this season, the Lakers can not keep the 9th ranking in the West because of the Pelicans behind them, in addition, according to the Lakers' next devil schedule analysis, the Lakers did not even have a chance to play the playoffs, which is the pressure in front of James. Therefore, the Lakers can only pray that the Spurs and Pelicans are not too strong, otherwise they can only accept the worst season in history.
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