No. 1 in the West went from the Thunder to the Spurs!

To say that there are so many people available on the team, even the Hawks can't compare to this Spurs, ** Vicky later became a little old and confused as he got older, but now he is the most skilled head coach in this league!

The Spurs relied on a rotation lineup of more than a dozen people to exert their strength in the late stage and won the first place in the West.

However, their record is only 50-16.

The record of the Western leader is not in the top three in the East, which is also rare in the history of the NBA, and it also shows that this year's league is indeed "strong in the East and weak in the West".

The Thunder team was squeezed out by the Spurs, but they still ranked second in the West, and the Thunder team increased the number of losses in the second half of the season, but it didn't have much to do with their state, more because of their head coach's rotation of the "three less", but also because of the three less rotations, the Thunder's combat effectiveness declined, and they lost one after another, but a very terrible fact is that in the game where the "three less" played together, they only lost 1 game in total.

The Thunder, who have "three less", are still very competitive in this league.

Third in the West is the Los Angeles Lakers, who were champions two seasons ago and have remained competitive this season, and with their championship credentials, the team has kept themselves in the top three all-time.

In fourth place is the Memphis Grizzlies.

This season, the Grizzlies have survived one team after another with their tenacious fighting spirit, and they have also achieved their best record.

For the first time in the last decade, they're in the upper lap of the West after the season, where they can play the playoffs and, more importantly, they also have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

Marc Gasol has grown rapidly this season, and before this pre-game, the "Black and White Bear" was more dominated by Zach Randolph, supplemented by him.

But after this season, Marc Gasol has become one of the best centers in the league, and any expert who talks about the best center in the league must have one of the first two seats to be his!

In fifth place is the Los Angeles Clippers.

Chris Paul's improvement on this team is very obvious, before Chris Paul came to this team, they were ranked 12th in the West, and after he came, the team quickly rose to the fifth place in the West, they played a wave of 7 straight wins, and then a wave of 8 straight wins, and the reason for the slight lack of convincing is that the team that ended their 7-game winning streak was the Thunder, and the team that ended their 8-game winning streak was the Pacers.

They still have some problems against teams in the league's upper echelons, especially in key moments, which is actually evidence that these guys are not good at playing key records, but at this time, all the fans and pundits thought that their run-in was not good enough.

"They will have a better future and tomorrow belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers!"

That's a phrase that many Clippers fans firmly believe.

But in fact, in the history of the NBA, many combinations have had their best record in their first season together.

Like the three musketeers of the Bucks.

Another example is the Celtics' "Big Three".

Whatever the reason.

But it's true that their first season together had the best record.

As for the reason, it's very simple, the big guys are polite to newcomers, but after getting along for a long time, they may not be so polite.

To give you a simple example, every player will have times when he doesn't play well, and when he doesn't play well, most of them are seen by his teammates.

No matter how powerful a person is, he plays a lot more abnormally, and it looks like that in the eyes of his teammates!

Especially for players who are at the core like him, it is natural to feel unhappy to see him play sluggishly.

Why is such a guy as famous as him?

Especially when such a guy still likes BB, it is only a matter of time before the relationship breaks down.

For example, the later "light bulb" combination.

The split between Harden and Paul is somewhat of that interesting.

Paul's ability is not up to his mouth, so he will naturally be disliked.

You're not better than me, and you don't see how good your performance is, so why are you pointing fingers at me.

In sixth place is the Denver Nuggets.

They sent Anthony away after the All-Star break, but the whole team didn't lose their competitiveness because of Anthony's departure, and they were still able to win all the games they deserved.

Speaking of which, the New York team gave enough chips, and they were all powerful warriors.

They are expected to be the same civilian team as the Eagles in the future.

It's also worth mentioning that the Nuggets stayed in the top eight in the West after Anthony left, but the New York team fell into the top eight after getting Anthony.

Anthony's superstar is in a really awkward position.

In seventh place is the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks have proven one thing in a season, and that is that Cuban made the wrong choice to let Tyson Chandler go in the offseason.

The latter's departure has put down the defensive system that they had so much to do last season, and they have had a lot of problems on the inside, but one thing to say, Nowitzki's form is still there, and in a way, his form is much better than last season.

Nowitzki's form is still there, the Mavericks have maintained their competitiveness, and they still made the playoffs this season, avoiding the embarrassing situation that they reached the finals last season and couldn't even make the playoffs this season!

Tyson Chandler was obviously the happier one about the Mavericks' situation: "The Mavericks left me, they just can't!" ”

He was upset that the Mavericks didn't spend a lot of money on a contract extension because he didn't think the Mavericks' management saw him important.

In fact, Tyson Chandler is indeed underrated, he is also a player with his own defensive system, but unfortunately, not many people knew about this until he left the Mavericks!

No. 8 is the Utah Jazz.

Last season, the team fell apart, and with Jerry Sloan putting down the whip, the team has completely entered the rebuilding stage, and there is no more Jerry Sloan's card blocking and dismantling play.

It's just that this team doesn't seem to have figured out how to rebuild, and there is no player in the current squad who can be cultivated as the core of the future.

Fortunately, the competitiveness of this team is enough, Deron Williams exchanged a group of good players, plus a group of players that the Jazz originally had, they helped the Jazz continue to stay in the top eight in the West!

It's funny enough to say that the Jazz wanted to rebuild but still made the playoffs, while the Rockets wanted to make the playoffs for the second year in a row, but they still fell short and finished ninth in the West!