When April 20, all regular games in the league end. The 1996-1997 regular season officially came to an end.

The MLS basketball team will have a three-day break before entering the first round of the playoffs.

Regular season standings in the West:

The Los Angeles Lakers are 70-12

The Utah Jazz are 64-18

The Houston Rockets are 60-22

The Seattle SuperSonics are 57-25

The Portland Trail Blazers are 50-32

The Phoenix Suns are 45-37

Minnesota Forest is 42-40

The Sacramento Kings are 36-46

The Los Angeles Clippers are 34-48

The Golden State Warriors are 30-52

The Dallas Mavericks are 24-58

The Denver Nuggets are 21-61

San Antonio Spurs are 20-62

The Vancouver Grizzlies are 14-68

This season's Western history is a strong team, and there are many teams competing for the championship. There has been a bit of a gap in the midrange at the playoff level, due to the slump of many established playoff teams such as the Spurs, Nuggets, and Warriors. For the sake of the flying devil, they did everything they could, and directly fought more than 60 defeats, which was simply terrifying. Can you believe that the team that won 59 last season has lost 62 games this season? It's so magical that it can only be said to be worthy of Popovich.

In the first round, the Lakers played against the Sacramento Kings. The Kings just took out the Lakers at home, and in the eyes of many, the Kings have the strength and luck to play the Black Eight. Although the last two games of the Lakers can be seen by the media to preserve their strength and prepare for the playoffs, a loss is a loss. If the Kings can win in the regular season, why can't they win in the playoffs? Especially Ridgemond Rock, who is in the prime of life, his strength is still recognized, and whether Kobe Bryant is stronger or weaker than him, many media believe that it is still up for debate.

The Jazz vs. the Timberwolves, everyone focused on Malone vs. Garnett and Stockton vs. Marbury. At the moment, there is a very promising duo in the West, facing the veteran Utah twins. Both sides are still in the same position, and many people think this will be a teaching round. Malone will educate Garnett well and make him hurry up and hang his thin body with meat. Stockton will give Marbury a good taste of what muscles are and what black hands are, and help him mature as soon as possible.

As for whether the Timberwolves have a chance to win? That's absolutely nothing, the gap between the two teams is just too big. For the Timberwolves, a newcomer, it is good to be able to make the playoffs, and the next goal is to get a win and avoid being swept as much as possible.

Houston vs. Suns, this series is starting to have highlights. It was a rare fierce confrontation in the first round. Kevin Johnson went from strength to strength under Danny Ainge's system, winning the April Player of the Month award, and his 14-game winning streak ended the season making the Suns the best team in the league from mid-March to the end of the season. The addition of Jason Kidd and the integration of Ceballos have given this team a new look.

Especially the Suns are about to face the first generation of tough guy Charles Barkley who "can't beat and join".

This makes people sigh, I wonder if Barkley will have some self-blame in his heart in the face of these former teammates? A Finals-caliber team has fallen apart because of Ross Barkley's departure, and it is worth looking forward to seeing what kind of performance Barkley will do against his old club in the playoffs.

SuperSonics vs. Trail Blazers, both teams have the closest record and strength. SuperSonics, the winner of last year's Western Conference Finals, fell from first place in the West to fourth in the West this season. They have a belly fire, especially Peyton. Last year, he was the most versatile offensive and defensive guard since Jordan, and this year he has been left behind by Kobe. Payton vowed to get revenge on the Lakers, and they had a chance, and with a win over the Trail Blazers, they could face the Lakers in the second round.

The breakout situation in the West is not very clear, and the media generally believes that the hard power of the Lakers, Jazz, and Houston teams is almost the same. And the Lakers are likely to be hacked by the SuperSonics, plus there must be a battle between the Jazz and Houston. As a result, the situation in the West is very uncertain, and no team can guarantee that it will win the Western Conference championship.

This is not the case in the east.

On the other hand, the Eastern Conference's regular season standings:

The Chicago Bulls are 71-11

The Miami Heat are 62-20

The New York Knicks are 57-25

The Detroit Pistons are 56-26

The Atlanta Hawks are 54-28

Charlotte Hornets 54-28

The Orlando Magic are 47-35

The Washington Bullets are 44-38

The Cleveland Cavaliers are 42-40

The Indiana Pacers are 35-47

The Milwaukee Bucks are 33-49

The Philadelphia 76ers are 32-50

The Toronto Raptors are 30-52

The New Jersey Nets are 26-56

The Boston Celtics are 15-67

On the whole, the situation in the east is one superpower and many powers. A historic team, the Bulls, are out of the box for a day, there are not many other championship-level teams, the Heat, who have just formed the Big Three, are still young, the average age of the Knicks is too old, and the Pistons are struggling after Hill is targeted. These teams all have fatal flaws that doom them to not be a championship-caliber team. But they have a lot more teams with 50 wins than in the West, and there are still a lot of medium playoff-level teams, so it can be said that there are no weak teams in these eight teams. Even the worst Bullets have twin stars like Speeder and Webb.

There are a lot of bad teams in the East, and the Boston Celtics are the best among them. The cardinal didn't even want face for the second Russell, and lost 67 games more directly than the Spurs! It's madness, and Bryant admires the cardinal's determination. You must know that Boston fans are not people who can tolerate the team's mess, and those crazy fans have already Boston's management this season, and they are close to stepping down from the cardinal. But they do have a reason to do so, some contradictions within Boston forced Larry Bird away, so that the most popular star in the history of the team, the current No. 1 small forward in the history of the league, went directly away, which is intolerable to fans, coupled with the strange 67 losses, Boston, a team with the most championships in history, is now very unpopular with its own fans.

However, Auerbach believes that as long as he can get a second Russell, then it will be worth it to build a team around him. With Victor Flying Devil, Auerbach is confident that he will win another 8 championships around him!

In the first round of the Bulls vs. the Bullets, no one thought there would be any suspense in this round of the playoffs. Jordan is notoriously ruthless in the playoffs, and he's never lost a game when a team is ahead of the lineup. This round is all about testing the potential of the Washington Twins.

Heat vs. Magic, there are a lot of highlights in this round of playoffs. Penny Hardaway dragged his sick leg and still dragged the team to 47 wins. I don't know if it's because of the butterfly effect, or if it's some kind of physiotherapy that Kobe Bryant told Hardaway. Hardaway has recovered a lot better from injury than he did in his previous life, and the team's record is higher than before. WHAT KIND OF HARDAWAY AND COBRA HORSGRANT WILL PERFORM IN FRONT OF THE HEAT'S POOR MAN'S VERSION OF SHOWTIME. Whether Hardaway, who was recognized as a superstar in the previous two years, can prove that he still has the ability to be a superstar after leaving O'Neal, these are worth looking forward to.

The New York Knicks overtook the Pistons in the final minute and squeezed into third place in the East. The old strong team still has the heritage of the old strong team, although Ewing has declined a lot this season, the overall strength of the team is still much stronger than the vast majority of teams in the East. On the other side, the Hornets have Glen Les, who is fourth in the scoring list, and can Les break down Van Gundy's defense on the offensive end in this round?

The Pistons, who are fourth in the East, have been on a high start this season, and Grant Hill's performance was in the top three in the league before the All-Star break. The 30+10+10 performances in a single month make people marvel at the emergence of the next phenomenal star. However, when he faced a targeted defense, because the range and attack were not decisive enough, and the team's space was too small. These factors caused him to slip quickly, and Hill ended up averaging only 23.6 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.6 blocks and 3.2 turnovers per game this season.

It seems to be perfect, but as the core of the team, his presence seems to be a little thin. After all, he only averaged 16.7 shots per game, which is a bit less than other superstars.

The Hawks, coached by Lenny Wilkens and added defensive bonuses from new recruit Mutombo, quietly took the fifth place in the East.

Uncle Mu is very likely to win the Defensive Player of the Year this season, because his defensive bonus to the Hawks is too obvious. His presence was like a wall, allowing Wilkens to line up and not worry about defense. Uncle Mu's official age is 31 years old, but his movement speed is not slow at all, and his super block smell and rebounding ability allow him and Leitner to attack and defend together, and perfectly form a top-level interior combination. The Hawks' interior line is now in the top three in the league, perhaps only Houston and the Knicks can match, even the Lakers are a little inferior, after all, O'Neal is surrounded by a yin and yang man like Campbell.

Wilkens relied on Mutombo to create the defensive system, plus Steve Smith and Leitner, and Muchibreroke to create the offensive system. The three averaged 20.1, 18.1 and 17.4 points per game, respectively. Almost all three of them are averaging more than 20 points per game, and Wilkens was able to create a poor man's trident with three stars like this, which makes people admire his coaching ability to really be historic.

The confrontation between the Pistons and the Hawks is very noteworthy, can Grant Hill, the league's popular king and All-Star vote king, lead the team to win the Hawks with all the soldiers? This is also a matter that many expert commentators have their own opinions.

However, it is recognized in the East that the Bulls' breakthrough into the East is a sure thing. Perhaps only the Heat can really play two games with the Bulls, and other teams meet a serious Michael Jordan as a result of solving the battle in 4 or 5 games. Most people also think that the game between the Heat and the Bulls can be finished in 6 games, and the Bulls' dominance in the East is too strong, which is still not a small gap with the West where the heroes are together.