The NBA regular season has been played so far, there are only about twelve or thirteen rounds left, and the teams have also reached the critical moment of impacting the playoffs and competing for rankings, the game is extremely intense, and some are chasing the intensity of the playoffs, especially in the West, the gap between the teams is very small, and the victory or defeat of one game is enough to change the ranking of many teams, which also makes the Western ranking change its face!
The current ranking of the West can be summarized as follows: the Thunder reach the top, the Clippers are difficult to protect at 4th, the Suns sit on 7 and look at 6, and the Rockets go straight to the play-offs.
Thunder to the top!
The West has competed so far this season, and the No. 1 place is the Thunder, who are also the biggest dark horses this season!
The Thunder only ranked 10th in the West last season and didn't even make the playoffs, but so far, they have achieved a 49-20 record, ranking first in the West, showing super dominance.
This season, the Thunder team averaged 120.7 points per game, ranking third in the league in scoring, and the team ranked among the top in the league in terms of shooting percentage and assists, and the interior and outside offense were very strong!
Although the Thunder team is ranked No. 1, their position is not stable, the Nuggets behind them are only 0.5 games away from them, and the No. 3 Timberwolves are only one game behind, and the competition for No. 1 in the West is still fierce, who can have the last laugh, it's hard to say!
The Clippers hold on to No. 4!
The overall performance of the Clippers has not been good recently, and they have been upset and reversed by their opponents many times, which has made their record 44-25, and the Thunder team in the first place has opened a 5-game win-loss difference, and is up to 4 games behind the 3rd Timberwolves, and the team has basically no chance to compete for the top 4, and is chased by the Pelicans behind!
The Pelicans are currently ranked 5th in the West, with a team record of 43 wins and 27 losses, only 2 games away from the Clippers, the gap is not big, and there is still suspense about the 4th place in the West!
Of course, the Pelicans core Ingram was injured, which made it a lot more difficult for the Pelicans to compete for the 4th, but even if the Pelicans can't get the 4th, the 5th position is still stable, and the Pelicans and the Clippers are also very likely to meet in the first round, and the 2 teams also have their own advantages, but the Clippers don't have much to do in the face of Zion's destructive power, and it is not easy for them to get through the Pelicans.
The sun sits 7 and looks at 6!
The Suns now have a record of 41-29, and the team ranks 7th in the West, only 0.5 games ahead of the Kings behind them, and the Mavericks have the same record as the 6th Mavericks.
6th in the West, which means that you don't have to play the play-offs, go directly to the playoffs, and according to the current ranking, 6th is likely to meet the Timberwolves, compared to other teams, this team is undoubtedly much easier to play!
Rockets go straight to the play-offs!
The Rockets fell to the 12th place in the West because of their poor performance in the middle and late stages of the season, but the team has never given up the desire for the play-offs, and now the team has played a wave of 7 consecutive wins, and the team's record has come to 34-35, leaving only 2 games away from the 10th-ranked Warriors, and seeing the hope of entering the play-offs!
Does the Rocket have a chance to overtake the Warriors to get 10th? There really is a big chance! The Rockets are now very strong, especially as a young team, their hard work and physical strength are really good, and when other teams are declining because of their physical strength, the Rockets are playing more and more vigorously, which is the team's advantage! Moreover, the Rockets have now found a tactic that suits them, and their impact ability is extremely strong, which greatly ensures their stability, while the Warriors' performance is on a downward trend, and the Rockets are likely to surpass the Warriors and win the 10th position.
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