The NBA regular season continues, and the season is nearing its end. I believe that there are only three issues that everyone is most concerned about now. First: Those teams have locked up playoff spots. Second: Those teams are still fighting for playoff spots. Third: Those teams have been blocked out of the playoffs. In response to these three questions, Xiaobian takes you to take a look at the latest ranking situation in the NBA West to understand the latest pattern of the NBA West.
One: The team that locks up a playoff spot.
Seven teams have locked up playoff spots: 1-Suns (61-14), 2-Grizzlies (53-23), 3-Warriors (48-28), 4-Jazz (47-29), 5-Nuggets (45-31), 6-Timberwolves (43-33)
These 7 teams focus on the Suns, the only team in the NBA league to win 60 games so far. So far this season, the Suns have averaged 115.32 points per game, conceded 106.87 points per game, and ranked first in the league with a point difference of 8.45 points. Obviously, from this data alone, we can feel how good the Suns are as a team, and we can see how small the gap between the Suns' strength at both ends of the attack and defense is. Again, Paul is the NBA's best leader player today, and Booker is one of the best super scorers on the job. At the same time, the team also has excellent players such as Ayton, Payne, Shamet, And Crowder. All in all, the Suns definitely have the strength to compete for the championship this season. Of course, as fans, we also really hope that the Suns can win the championship this season, after all, we all want to see Paul win a championship before retiring.
Two: Teams struggling for playoff spots.
There are four teams that have fought for the playoffs: 8-Clippers (37-39), 9-Pelicans (32-43), 10-Spurs (31-44), and 11-Lakers (31-44). It is more appropriate to say that 4 teams grab 3 places than 3 teams grab 2 spots, after all, the gap between the Clippers and the other three teams is still very large.
These 4 teams focus on talking about the Lakers, and for the Lakers, we can completely use the term "in crisis" to describe. The reason is very simple, after losing to the Lone Ranger, the Lakers' record came to 31 wins and 44 losses to rank 11th in the West. This means that the Lakers have fallen out of the door of the playoffs, or it can be said that the Lakers will not even qualify for the playoffs if they do not work hard. However, as fans, we still have high hopes for the Lakers. After all, as long as the Lakers can smoothly enter the playoffs, then the Lakers can usher in Davis's comeback, and once Davis can come back, the lakers' prospects are still very good. However, the premise is that the Lakers can smoothly enter the playoffs.
Three: Teams that stand outside the playoff gates.
There are four teams blocking the playoffs: 12-Blazers (27-48), 13-Kings (27-49), 14-Thunder (22-53), 15-Rockets (20-56)
To be honest, these 4 teams have their own reasons, such as injuries, reconstruction, etc. are one of the factors of their failure. However, in these 4 teams, we still have to focus on the Rockets, after all, we have a very special feeling for the Rockets. I don't know, what do you think of the Rockets this season? Anyway, I have only one evaluation of the Rockets, that is, the Rockets have only one goal this season, and that is to sign for the title. Currently, the Rockets' record is 20 wins and 56 losses, ranking first in the West (the Magic, which is also the first-to-last in the East, is also 20 wins and 56 losses).