In the 5th and 6th games of the NBA play-offs that ended today, the Pelicans defeated the Kings at home, and the Heat defeated the Bulls at home, catching the last train of the playoffs.
East: 1st Celtics vs. 8th Heat, 2nd Knicks vs. 776ers, 3rd Bucks vs. 6th Pacers, 4th Cavaliers vs. 5th Magic.
West: 1st Thunder vs. 8th Pelicans, 2nd Nuggets vs. 7th Lakers, 3rd Timberwolves vs. 6th Suns, 4th Clippers vs. 5th Mavericks.
It is worth mentioning that after the king was out, the vision of NBA All-Star selection was verified.
Of the 24 All-Stars in the NBA this season, 23 of them entered the playoffs, and the Kings duo Fox and Sabonis, who were regarded as the biggest pearls of the All-Stars at the time, finally failed to make the playoffs in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.
The Eastern Conference All-Star starters this season are Lillard, Haliburton, Tatum, Embiid, and Antetokounmpo, and the benches are Randle, Banchero, Maxey, Donovan Mitchell, Jaylen Brown, Brunson, and Adebayo.
The Bucks, where Lillard and Antetokounmpo are located, are third in the East;
The Celtics, where Tatum and Jaylen Brown are located, are No. 1 in the East;
Brunson and Randle's Knicks are No. 2 in the East;
Embiid and Maxey's 76ers are No. 7 in the East;
Haliburton's Pacers are 6th in the East;
The Magic where Banchero is located is 5 in the East;
Mitchell's Cavaliers are No. 4 in the East;
Bam Adebayo's Heat are 8th in the East.
1-8 in the East, each team has at least 1 All-Star, and the other 4 spots are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 7th in the East, of course, before Embiid's injury, the 76ers are indeed the top 4 in the East, I have to say that the All-Stars in the East are still very compatible with the regular season rankings.
The Western All-Star starters are: Alexander, Doncic, James, Jokic, Durant, and the Western Conference benches are Curry, Leonard, Paul George, Towns, Booker, Edwards, Anthony Davis.
In addition to Curry, the other 11 also made the playoffs.
The Thunder in the first place in the West have Alexander, the Nuggets in the second place in the West have Jokic, the Timberwolves in the third place in the West have Towns and Edwards, the Clippers in the fourth place in the West have Leonard and Paul George, the Mavericks in the fifth place in the West have Doncic, the Suns in the sixth place in the West have Booker and Durant, the Lakers in the seventh place in the West have James and Anthony Davis, the Pelicans in the eighth place in the West do not have All-Stars, and the Warriors in the 10th place in the West have Curry.
The match in the west is not as high as in the east. The first is that Curry unfortunately missed the playoffs, and the second is that the teams with two All-Stars are not ranked high, respectively 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th, but the 1st and 2nd Thunder Nuggets have only 1 All-Star, and the 8th Pelicans have no 1 All-Star.
In fact, in addition to the Kings duo Sabonis and Fox, the Pelicans duo of Ingram and Zion are also the jewels of this year's All-Star.
However, 23 of the 24 All-Stars have made the playoffs, which is already very accurate, and I have to say that the NBA All-Star selection is really accurate.