15 points of upset defeat! 13 points of reversal! Even the bad team can lose, and the whole league has been deceived by you
Since the start of the NBA regular season this season, there has been no shortage of teams that have shown strong competitiveness since the beginning of the season, such as the Celtics and the Nuggets. The former upgraded the interior and flanks again in the offseason, bringing in Porzingis and Holiday . The Celtics rank second in the league in offensive and defensive efficiency this season, and have a league-leading record of 28-7. The Nuggets have maintained their original core starting lineup after winning the championship, which also means that their floor is already in the playoffs, and they don't need to go through the run-in period like other teams. All the Nuggets have to do is experiment with more lineups to deal with teams with different styles of play in the league.

These two teams are also the most competitive teams at the end of the regular season. Of course, that doesn't mean the Celtics and Nuggets will necessarily meet in the Finals. In addition to the Celtics, there are many super teams that have formed star lineups this season, but except for the Clippers, other teams have not yet passed the run-in period, and they have encountered various lineup problems before the run-in period has even begun. 15 points in an upset!13 points in a big comeback!Even a bad team can lose, and the whole league has been cheated by you!Beal, the Suns' big three, has finally returned recently, and Beal has been a key contributor to improving the Suns' game for the past six games.
Beal's return also gave a respite to Durant, the 35-year-old who has been the biggest attendance of the Big Three this season and is also averaging a team-high 37 minutes per game. Durant is extremely efficient, averaging 29.6 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 6 assists per game. With such high-intensity playing time, Durant was still able to shoot the league's second-highest 47.3% three-point shooting percentage. After Durant rested for three games in a row, he wanted to return to find his form against the Grizzlies, who are third from the bottom in the West. After all, the team is about to start a game against the Clippers and Lakers, and the Suns need the Big Three to play smoothly to win the game.
However, the Suns led by as many as 13 points in the game against the Grizzlies, but were reversed by the Grizzlies at the end of the game with a 35-18 point deficit, and finally lost the game by 6 points. Admittedly, Beal did elevate the Suns' overall energy, and when the Big Three were on the floor, the Suns' offense was almost unstoppable. So far this season, the Suns are ranked 11th in the league in offense, which is decent. But on the defensive end, the Suns are only 16th in the bottom half of the overall ranking, and in the last five games, the Suns have only averaged 41.6 rebounds per game, ranking sixth from the bottom of the league. On top of that, the Suns also average 14 turnovers per game, the eighth-most in the league, and a sixth-best turnovers rate of 14.9 percent.
In fact, regardless of whether the Big Three lineup is complete or not, the Suns can play very well in the first three quarters of the season, and in the final quarter due to Durant's physical problems and the Suns' lack of offensive output, their performance in the final quarter is very bad. So far this season, the Suns have shot just 42.6 percent from the field in the fourth quarter, ranking second from the bottom in the league. Three-point shooting is just 29.6 percent, ranking first from the bottom in the league. He averaged only 24.6 points per game in the final quarter, which was also the lowest in the game. The Suns' total plus/minus is only -114, which is also the lowest in the league. There is also the Warriors, who fell behind by as many as 27 points at one point when facing the Raptors, who had already begun trading and preparing to rebuild, and the Warriors finally lost by 15 points.
Kerr has been constantly changing his starting lineup, and after Paul was sidelined with a fracture, he opted to bring in Wiggins to start alongside Kuminga. But the Warriors have been behind from the start, and in the second half, Kerr directly replaced Podzemski and Saric with Looney for Davis. But it didn't have any effect, and it seems to be a microcosm of the Warriors' accumulation of bad decisions over the past few seasons finally exploding this season. Green's decline in the past two seasons has been very obvious, but the Warriors still offered him a contract of more than 100 million. There's a good chance the Warriors will sign another big contract for Thompson this offseason instead of having Moody and Kuminga really involved in the rotation.
Curry once again shot 0-of-9 from the perimeter in the game against the Raptors, and ended up scoring only 9 points. Over the past 10 games, Curry has shot below 42 percent from the field. At the beginning of the season, the Warriors were able to disguise themselves as a strong team because of Curry's outstanding performance, but now they can't even fool themselves. Both teams, the Suns and the Warriors, will struggle to make a difference this season, but before the season begins, there is speculation that the Suns will form a Big Three of Durant, Beal and Booker. The Warriors have been extremely positive about Paul's help, but the result is that they have cheated the whole league.