NBA regular season finale!Analysis of the playoff situation, MVP lost suspense, and the single data king was released

The NBA regular season finally came to an end, after 15 fierce battles at 1 a.m. and 3:30 a.m., the regular season officially came to an end. First of all, let's take a look at the latest rankings of the East and West, and then analyze the playoff situation, the Eastern Bucks are the most disadvantaged, the Western Warriors are very unlikely to advance, and the Lakers may not be so good if they get the eighth place in the West. In addition, the individual data kings of the regular season were released, and the MVP lost suspense, the most interesting is Hield of the 76ers, because of the change of team, he played 84 games this season, but he has never made the playoffs in his career before, and this season should be able to get his wish.

NBA regular season final standings and playoff matchups

In the East, the Celtics are 64-18 the No. 1 seed, the Knicks are 50-32 and the No. 2 seed, the Bucks are 49-33, the No. 3 seed is 47-35 vs. the Pacers is 47-35, the No. 6 seed is 47-35, the Cavaliers are 48-34, the No. 4 seed is 47-35 vs. the Magic, the No. 5 seed is 50-35, the Knicks are 46-36, and the Bulls are 39-43 vs. the Hawks are 36-46.

On the Western side, the Thunder are 57-25 and the No. 1 seed, the Nuggets are 57-25 and the No. 2 seed, the Timberwolves are 56-26, the No. 3 seed is the No. 39-33 vs. the Suns, the No. 6 seed is 49-31, the Clippers are 51-31, the No. 4 seed is 50-32, the Mavericks are 50-32, the No. 5 seed is the fifth seed, the Pelicans are 49-33 vs. the Lakers are 47-35, and the Kings are 46-36 vs. the Warriors. Among them, the Warriors' win rate of 56.1% this season has set a new record for the highest win rate of the 10th team in NBA history!

Analysis of the playoff situation

On the Western Conference play-off side, the Warriors are in a very disadvantageous position, first they will take on the Kings on the road, and if they win well, they will continue to play the losers of the Lakers and Pelicans on the road. A win in both of these games would lock up the No. 8 seed against the No. 1 Thunder in the West, while the No. 10 seed was a first-round exit in the previous three play-offs, including the Spurs in '21 and '22, the Thunder in '23, the Hornets in '21 and '22 in the East, and the Bulls in '23. Kerr is confident that the team still has hope to do something, and Green agrees that he is not satisfied with being only 10th in the West, but likes the team's performance when it is in a desperate situation.

The Lakers are not optimistic! The Lakers defeated the Pelicans 124-108 in the closing game, and continued to challenge the Pelicans away in the playoffs, of course, the best way must be to win the No. 7 seed in one game, but the second seed against the opponent is the defending champion Nuggets! If the Lakers really fall into the losers' knockout round, then there is no way back, and they will be directly out of the game if they are not careful. But there is another interpretation, the Lakers were swept out of the Nuggets by the Western Conference last season because the Zhan Mei combination was exhausted. If they meet in the first round of this season, the Lakers also have the best chance. The Lakers media even voted to see the attitude of the fans, and nearly 4 percent of the fans thought the Nuggets were difficult to play!

On the Eastern side, although the Bucks fell out of the top two and successfully avoided the Heat and the 76ers, the Pacers are still their nemesis, the regular season counts the midseason championship, and the Bucks have lost 4 of their 5 meetings this season, and the defense has been repeatedly penetrated!

The NBA single data king is released

After the curtain came down this season, Doncic's regular season scoring champion belonged to Doncic, averaging 33.9 points per game, which also set a new single-season scoring record for Doncic's career! In the game against the Hawks in January, Doncic scored 73 points, setting a new single-game scoring record for active players! Embiid averaged 34.7 points per game, but only played in 39 games and did not meet the judging standards. The rebounding king belongs to Sabonis, who averaged 13.7 per game and won the rebounding title for a second consecutive year. Haliburton is the league's assists leader with 10.9 assists per game, Wembanyama leads with 3.6 assists per game, and Fox leads with 2.0 steals. The three-point king belongs to Curry, who has hit 357 three-pointers this season, which is also the fifth time in Curry's career that he has broken the 300 three-point mark in a single season! The first shooting percentage in the league is Gafford : 72.5%!

The MVP loses suspense

Since Embiid went down with an injury, Jokic has dominated the official MVP list for 10 consecutive weeks! Jokic has averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9 assists per game this season, and he can't find any shortcomings! According to statistics, the Nuggets' record of 57-25 this season is tied for the best record in team history and tied for the second best in the league. Although the Thunder once again topped the West after 11 years, although Doncic won the scoring title, and although the Celtics were far ahead, Jokic was leading the cliff when referring to the PER value and the real victory contribution value. According to the calculations given by the American media "BR", the probability of Jokic winning the MVP is more than 60%, and the biggest opponent is Doncic, Alexander, Tatum, Brother Alphabet and others have single-digit probabilities, in fact, this season's MVP has completely lost suspense.

The first round of the playoffs is out

The play-offs will start on the 17th, with four teams from the West playing on the first day, four teams from the East on the 18th, a day off on the 19th, and the eighth seed from the East and West on the 20th. In addition, the first round of the playoffs starts on April 21, with Knicks vs. seventh in the East, Magic vs. Cavaliers, Nuggets vs. seventh in the West, Suns vs. Timberwolves, and on April 22, Celtics vs. eighth in the East, Thunder vs. eighth in the West, Bucks vs. Pacers, and Mavericks vs. Clippers.