The NBA's 2021-22 regular season is drawing to a close, and each subsequent game will affect the rankings of teams, so it is necessary to summarize the daily ranking changes. Let's take a look at how the rankings have changed since today's game.
1. The Nets lost to the Hawks and the Hornets lost to the 76ers.
These two games have made the rankings of the Nets, Hornets and Hawks, which were still the same yesterday, clear:
The Hawks surpassed the Hornets and the Nets to rise to eighth; the Hornets remained ninth; the Nets dropped two consecutive spots to tenth and could not catch up with the sixth Bulls with only four games left in the regular season, while the eleventh to fifteenth in the East had been determined to miss the playoffs, so the Nets locked in a playoff spot, just as the Hornets also locked a playoff spot.
2. The Warriors reverse the Jazz and lock up a playoff spot.
Because of the loss to the Warriors, the Jazz continue to be bitten by the Nuggets behind them, but they are still 2 wins ahead of the seventh-place Timberwolves, and the playoffs are still relatively stable.
3. The Bulls lost to the Heat and were surpassed by the Raptors.
After the Bulls lost to the Heat, the ranking was overtaken by the Raptors and dropped to 6th. At the same time, the Cavaliers beat the Knicks, narrowing the gap with the Bulls to 2 wins; the Heat defeated the Bulls to secure the first place in the East, 1.5 wins ahead of the Bucks behind them.