At present, the second round of the NBA playoffs has begun, and only 8 teams can theoretically fight for the final championship. The vast majority of teams are entering the offseason, and of course their situation is not small, some teams as traditional powerhouses have achieved good results over the years, and some teams have sunk for a long time, which is a typical fish belly team.
Local media posted pictures listing the last time NBA teams won in a series. The Houston Rockets are in 2020, when Harden and Westbrook worked together, and the Sacramento Kings and Charlotte Hornets have not won a series for more than 20 years.
After the Rockets finished the 19-20 season, James Harden and Russell Westbrook left the team one after another, and they entered a rebuilding period. The next three years of the Rockets looked dark, and their records were basically at the bottom of the league, but after last season, the Rockets recruited a lot of players, not only bringing in Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks and Jock Landale in free agency, but also hiring Amy Udoka as the new head coach, which made the Rockets make a lot of progress. Although they finished 11th in the West this season and fell short of the play-in tournament, the Rockets have made great progress and their rise is just around the corner.
The other two teams, however, have been dismal, such as the Charlotte Hornets, who last won the playoffs and reached the second round in 2002. At that time, the first round of the NBA playoffs was still a best-of-five mode, and the Hornets defeated the Magic 3-1 to enter the second round, but only struggled for five games before being easily defeated by the Nets led by Jason Kidd. And after that, the Hornets slumped, only played in the playoffs a total of 3 times, and all of them were out of the first round, and even this season they only ranked third from the bottom in the East.
The last time the Kings advanced to the playoffs was in 2004, but the Kings were eliminated by the Timberwolves in the second round, which allowed the latter to have the best record in team history so far. But after that, the Kings rotted for almost 20 years, and it wasn't until these two seasons that the Kings finally rose, but last season, despite having home-court advantage, they lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round. This season, the Kings started high and went low, because the two big players Kevin Huerter and Malik Monk were reimbursed early due to injuries, so that the Kings needed to participate in the play-offs, although they beat the Warriors first to complete revenge, but the Kings finally lost to the Pelicans and missed this year's playoffs.