The NBA regular season continues, as the schedule deepens, this season has reached the second half of the critical stage, for each team to hit a better ranking, it is necessary to win more opponents in the future, especially for the teams in the West, the pattern of the standings is still very fierce, let's take a look at the latest rankings in the West. The latest NBA Western Conference rankings: The Nuggets rushed to the first place, the Suns fell out of the top five, and the Warriors beat the Lakers.
The 11th and 15th places in the standings are the Jazz, Rockets, Grizzlies, Trail Blazers and Spurs. As the two teams that still have the possibility of making the playoffs, the Jazz and the Rockets are getting wider and wider by the other teams in front of them. The Jazz are on a three-game losing streak and are 5 miles behind the 10th Lakers5 wins. Earlier, the Rockets upset the Suns in the matchup with the Suns, won the game, and narrowed the gap between the number of wins and losses with the Jazz before their death, and they still have the possibility of hitting the play-offs, although this situation is still very difficult. One thing to say, the Rockets still have hope of hitting the play-offs this season.
The 5 and 10 places in the standings are the Pelicans, Suns, Kings, Mavericks, Warriors and Lakers. There is not much difference in the number of wins and losses between the teams in this echelon, the Lakers and the Warriors have entered this echelon with their performances in the past period, and the gap between them and other teams is gradually narrowing, and the Lakers lost to their opponents in the game against the Nuggets and did not have the opportunity to continue to impact better results, they have fallen behind the Warriors by 05 wins.
The Warriors' next opponent is the Celtics, and of course, if the Warriors lose the game, they are still ahead of the Lakers, and they are currently getting closer and closer to the eighth place in the Mavericks. It's just that Wiggins, one of the current cores of the Warriors, is out indefinitely, which still has a big impact on the team. The latest injury reports show that Curry and Podzemski are also plagued by injuries.
The Suns have fallen out of the top five after an upset loss to the Rockets earlier and are currently 0With 5 wins, the key is that they are also only 70 ahead of the KingsWith 5 wins, the Suns are likely to fall into the play-in zone if they don't perform well in the future, and it's worth mentioning that the team seems to be suffering from injuries at the moment.
The four places in the standings are the Timberwolves, Thunder, Nuggets and Clippers. These four teams can be said to be in the first gear, far ahead of the other teams behind them, although the Clippers are three wins behind the Timberwolves in fourth place, but he is three ahead of the Pelicans behind himNine of the five wins are also improving, and with George's return helping the team halt the decline, they are expected to go one step further and continue to close the gap between the Nuggets and the Nuggets. As long as they stay healthy, the Clippers are still expected to hit better results this season.
After the Nuggets won a wave of six straight wins, their record came to 42-18, only 0 years behind the TimberwolvesWith 5 wins, they are expected to further attack the top spot in the Western Conference standings, and the current record between the three teams of the Timberwolves, Thunder, and Nuggets is similar, who can occupy the ranking that is more conducive to their subsequent games. It will depend on what kind of performance they can achieve in the next game.
As the schedule progresses, it has become clear that the six teams in the fifth and 10th places in the standings will compete for two straight playoff spots. With the remaining teams competing for two spots, which team do you think will make it out of the play-offs and who will be eliminated from the tournament? A new season of sports