Chapter 167: The Tragic West
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This season's Western Conference is extremely competitive, with a very small difference between teams and teams, and it can be described as the most fierce season in recent years.
The top eight teams in the West are: Suns, Spurs, Mavericks, Lakers, Hornets, Warriors, Nuggets, and Trail Blazers.
Entering the second month of the season, with the return of Xidi (Xiao Si), the Suns have gradually improved their record under the leadership of Lao Qu (Nash).
Lao already has two regular-season MVP trophies in his hands, and he's hoping to make a bigger breakthrough in the playoffs.
The Suns' uniform team is also mulling a trade, but they don't know if they can bring Nash a real life-changing helper.
The 22-9 record puts the Suns in the first place in the West, and in the league, this record can only be ranked fourth, and the top three in the East, the Celtics, Pistons, and Hawks have better records than them.
On the one hand, this is due to the fierce competition in the west, on the other hand, it also means that the situation of the west being strong and the east is weak has been alleviated this season.
The Spurs are second in the West with a 21-8 record, which is not a reflection of the true strength of the Spurs, who are used to playing dead in the regular season.
In the playoffs, Popovich will lead that seemingly old team to victory over the young people who don't know the sky.
The Dallas Mavericks, who topped the league with 67 wins in last year's regular season, finally recovered in December, with a 20-11 record that isn't great, but it's enough to prove that they're still a strong team.
The Lakers, Hornets, and Warriors all have 19 wins, and their rankings are determined by the number of games they lose, with the Lakers losing 11 games, the Hornets losing 12 games, and the Warriors losing 13 games. (Worse than miserable!?)
Kobe Bryant no longer pursues personal solitary defeat this season, he began to take the initiative to cooperate with his teammates, and after brushing up two scoring titles in the 05-06 and 06-07 seasons, he now needs excellent regular season and playoff records to make a name for himself.
Without Kobe, O'Neal hugged D. Wade's thigh in the Finals and won a championship. Without O'Neal, Kobe Bryant has become the most arrogant killer in the league, 81 points, 4 consecutive games of 50+, 9 consecutive games of 40+, but this is still not enough for the arrogant Kobe, he wants to use the O'Brien Cup to tell everyone that he is the strongest person in the league!
Therefore, in addition to strengthening the defense and encouraging his teammates, Kobe Bryant continued to force the uniform group of the palace team this season to find him a reliable helper.
With the Celtics forming BIG3, the league seems to have loosened an invisible opening, but it is not known if the Lakers' uniform team will be able to seize this fleeting opportunity.
Chris Paul continues to lead the Hornets forward, and they, like the Hawks, are a fast-rising team.
Of course, the momentum is not as impressive as Nguyen's Eagles, but in the eyes of relevant experts, CP3 is leading the Hornets who have risen in the ruins (after Hurricane Katrina) on their path to glory.
The Warriors of the Black Eight Mavericks naturally can't help but mention, under the tutelage of the "mad scientist" Nelson Sr., they can play the role of giant killers at any time, and no team wants to meet the crazy Golden State Warriors in the playoffs.
To borrow a phrase from the Celestial Empire Internet: they smoke the wind, and even they are afraid!
The Nuggets have an 18-12 record and are seventh in the West, which should be a good record. But with two All-Star players Iverson and Anthony, but only winning such a record, it is not good news for the Nuggets.
Anthony still has infinite possibilities, but AI is getting old, and Nuggets management will make a rational choice, just in the near future.
Water Leaping Fish, oh no, it should be said that it is the veteran fans who have already seen through everything!
It was a surprise that the Trail Blazers were able to temporarily squeeze into the top eight in the West, and their 18-13 record made the young army a target of praise.
Even if the Great Auden is missing. Brandon Roy and Aldridge alone are enough to hold up a piece of the sky for the Tear City.
Of course, Trail Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard is still a frustrated man, no matter how tough he says that Oden is the most suitable piece of the puzzle for the Trail Blazers' system, missing Kraft Nguyen is destined to become a big laugh in his career, no matter how you look at it, the defense-oriented Oden has no way to compare with Ruan Erniu, who has great deterrence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
The nine to fifteen in the West are the Jazz, Rockets, Kings, Clippers, HyperSonics, Grizzlies, and Timberwolves.
If the league has to give a team the fastest regression award of the month, the Jazz team will definitely be on the list, and I don't know if they were stunned by Ruan Erniu's god-level performance, or if the team's injuries had too much impact on them.
They lost 12 games throughout December and now have a 16-17 record.
However, experts are still generally optimistic that the Jazz can finally make the playoffs, after all, Sloan's iron nose will have a way to train his players well.
The Rockets' December was also not ideal, losing eight games and winning six. Maddie was injured again, Yao Ming was lonely, and the home team options of the people of the Celestial Empire began to slowly tilt towards the Eagles, after all, no one wanted to watch a loss.
The 15-16 Rockets still retain their playoff hopes, but they don't know if they will be able to do so in the end.
The Kings have basically not risen this season, and Allen's presence is the only reason for Celestial Empire fans to pay attention to them.
Team boss Kevin Martin, as the current league's first brother, is actually not low in scoring efficiency. Defend ...... Let's talk about offense.
Allen is averaging 12.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game this season, and his shooting ability has been played to a certain extent under the cover of Brad Miller.
To be an All-Star, though, he needs to ......
Wait, he's now the one with the most votes among the Western Conference All-Star starting power forward candidates.
Although Deng Dudu and the German driver are both kind-hearted people, the people of the Celestial Empire are too bullying.
Now it's up to David Stern to make an edict to change the situation, otherwise the dumb and the driver will inevitably cry and faint in the toilet.
A certain villain who was far away in Boston quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "These Celestial Dynasty people are really annoying, fortunately I ran fast, otherwise it would be my turn to be robbed of the All-Star starter!"
The Clippers, the SuperSonics, and the Timberwolves actually have nothing to say, they are all going for the top show anyway, and no one will find it strange that they lose more.
Especially the Timberwolves, 4-26 at the bottom of the league, the Huskies are really a guy who sells cuteness for a living, Jefferson should leave Minnesota quickly, his image and team temperament are too far apart.
Pau Gasol's Grizzlies have been arguably the most incomprehensible team of the season.
If the Bulls and Heat in the East can still explain their records with injury problems, then the Grizzlies falling to the second to last in the West completely shattered the glasses of a group of experts.
The 8-22 Grizzlies seem to be standing at a new turning point in history, from Vancouver to Memphis, and they need to think hard about their future. (To be continued.) )