As the NBA regular season comes to an end, league teams are not only practicing core rotations to prepare for the upcoming playoffs, but are also trying to pick rankings that are more appropriate for teams.
Compared with the competition for the first half of the ranking in previous years, the competition for places in the east and west this season has become the highlight, because the two big hits at the beginning of the season, the Nets and lakers, are working hard for this.
This also made the east and west rankings the focus of fans after the end of the day's game, and after the end of the four games related to the East, the latest ranking in the East was officially released, of which 76ers were getting better, the Nets were full of problems, and the Heat sat firmly at the top of the list.
Results of 4 matches related to The Eastern Conference Rankings:
76ers 144-114 Hornets, Cavaliers 119-101 Knicks, Nets 115-122 Hawks, Heat 127-109 Bulls.
Latest east ranking after 4 games (in parentheses):
Heat (1), Bucks (2), Green Army (3), 76ers (4), Bulls (5), Raptors (6), Cavaliers (7), Hawks (8), Hornets (9), Nets (10), Wizards (11), Knicks (12), Pacers (13), Pistons (14) and Magic (15).
First look at the 11-15th place slot, the teams in this slot have been determined to miss the playoffs, and the 11th-ranked Wizards have fallen behind the Nets by 5.5 wins.
In the rest of the games, how to improve the first round picks as much as possible is the only goal of these teams.
In particular, the pistons and magic teams, which have been messing up the entire season, must not dare to win in the closing stage, otherwise they may lose the bottom three positions, resulting in the probability of the team's draw being affected.
Then there is the 7-10th place slot, these 4 teams are in the playoffs, of which the Cavaliers' seventh position is relatively stable, after beating the Knicks, the team has led the Hawks by 2 wins, basically locked in the first half of the playoffs a place.
The ranking competition between the Hawks, Hornets and Nets is extremely fierce, in the Hawks and the Nets card battle, Durant blasted 55 points, helplessly hungry Irving, failed to provide him with enough help, other players also fell into a dud.
Coupled with the use of the coaching staff, the problem-ridden Nets eventually lost the key card battle with the Hawks, falling directly from eighth to tenth, and one win behind the Hawks.
Fortunately, the rest of the Nets' schedule is very relaxed, with 3 fish belly teams in 4 games, and only the game against the Cavaliers is slightly challenging.
Considering that the team's current record is the same as that of the ninth-place Hornets, it is only because of the win-loss relationship between the two teams that it is in tenth place in the East.
The Nets have every hope of returning to ninth place at the end of the regular season, and even hope of overtaking the Hawks back to eighth in the East.
Finally, there is the 1-6th place slot, all 6 teams can directly lock up a playoff spot, but the final ranking change is expected to be very large.
Because the gap between the teams is not large, after the Heat beat the Bulls, the team is temporarily sitting in the first place in the East, one win ahead of the second-place Bucks.
The Bulls, who lost the game, not only once again proved that they could not fight a hard battle, but the team's record was also equalized by the sixth-place Raptors, and it was possible to be overtaken at any time.
The 76ers are getting better, Harden is starting to integrate into the system, attacking around Embiid, and the team has blossomed a little more, easily beating the Hornets, which makes the team only 0.5 wins away from the Green Army in front of him.
But the 76ers can't take it lightly, because the team is only 2 wins ahead of the Raptors and Bulls behind them, and there is still a possibility of being overtaken.
As a result, the Rankings in the East are still very confusing, and the final rankings are likely to change significantly, which also means that the final stage of the game is destined to be very exciting.