With the All-Star Game approaching, teams are also making the final sprint for the playoffs in the near future. The Dallas Mavericks are definitely the team that stealthily points points, and in recent times, they have won six in a row. It has changed from last season's decline and has become a new look. During the six-game winning streak, the Mavericks ranked among the top five in the league in defensive efficiency, and if Doncic can lead the team to prove himself this season, he will step into the ranks of supergiants.
To be honest, the lineup of the Mavericks is not bad. The outcourt of Irving + Doncic can be called the league's most luxurious outside combination. Secondly, there is Lively on the inside, and the new signings PJ Washington and Gafford are also relatively well integrated into the team. It's just that something is missing on the wing, which is why the Mavericks asked Wiggins before.
On the Los Angeles Lakers' side, there were no major changes before the trade deadline. But he still signed Dinwiddie in the buyout market, and the Mavericks offered 5 million **, but Dinwiddie chose to join the Lakers with a base salary of 1.5 million. The Lakers are also gradually getting on the right track, with 6 wins and 1 loss in the last 7 games. During this period, he beat the No. 1 ranked Celtics and ended the New York Knicks, who won 9 in a row.
As LeBron James said, the Lakers are an amazing team. "We can beat any team, and we can be beaten by any team. Lakers fans have concluded that if the Lakers are placed in ancient times, they are heroes, and the main one is to rob the rich and help the poor.
In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers are worth keeping an eye on. In their last 20 games, they have an 18-2 record, which is the first in the league during the same period. The Cavaliers also overtook the Knicks and Bucks in one fell swoop to move into second place in the East. If it had been a few days earlier, maybe the All-Star coach wouldn't have been Rivers Sr.
The outside line of Mitchell + Garland is also an All-Star level combination. And the inside partner of Allen + Mobley has also caused headaches for many teams. The Cavaliers have an outside shooter, and the main focus is to rely on Mitchell's personal ability to tear through the opponent's defense, pass Sluert on the outside, and feed Allen on the inside.
Of course, the Cavaliers are still some way from the Celtics. At the beginning of the season, the Celtics have been riding the dust and leading by a wide margin! In the game against the Nets, he was even more ruthless. After 4 quarters, he won by as many as 50 points. That's still a premise for a Jaylen Brown.
Six players scored in double figures, and All-Star-caliber players like Tatum and Porzingis didn't make any effort at all. Relying on White and Pritchard, the Nets' firepower was suppressed. The former went 10-of-16 from the field and scored 27 points. The latter was 11-of-16 from the field and scored 28 points. It rained three-pointers all over the court, with 22 of 44 three-pointers, and whoever played the Celtics would be confused for a while.
It's not like the Suns, blocking Durant, Booker, and Beal's three scoring points, which is equivalent to 7 inches. On the Celtic side, all the people are soldiers, just like Li Yunlong's attack on Ping'an County, it is all the main attack, and anyone can break out for a while.
Porzingis was open to the Celtics, speaking after the game: "I understand that we are a championship-caliber team. What the outside world expects from us is to win, and our goal is to win. Hundreds of spectators