If it weren't for the Bobcats holding the cards, the overall strength of the West this season would be significantly higher than that of the East. Grant Hill and Anfernee Hardaway's journey to the west was a turning point, making the arms race in the west more and more intense.

The top of the western list is the biggest dark horse of the year, and it is a dark horse all the way to the black, in December, the sun rose to the top of the western list, many people thought it was a flash in the pan, thinking that the fierce competition in the west would knock them back to their original shape. Unexpectedly, the Suns went all the way to April at the end of the regular season.

62-20, the same record as the Heat, and three 60-win+ teams this year also broke the league record.

If it weren't for Hu Qingniu and his Bobcats, it would have been a bumper year for the Suns. Nash finished second in MVP behind Wade, and D'Antoni was second in the Best Coach Selection, losing to Hu Qingniu.

If it weren't for the Bobcats' earth-shattering 73 wins, the biggest dark horse, the Suns, would have been able to win these two awards. Similarly, Xiao Si's evaluation has also risen, and he has become Yao Ming's lifelong enemy.

Second in the East is the conscientious Spurs, with 59 wins, the Spurs are actually in a transition period, Ginobili started all the games this season, and became the Spurs' number one outside striker with his outstanding performance in the Olympics in the summer.

Parker is also growing rapidly, and his offensive ability is not inferior to that of a first-class guard.

The troika GDP is completely out, and all three are at the top, which may not be the strongest spur in history, but it must be the most inexplicable spur of individual ability.

Third in the West belongs to Nowitzki's Mavericks, with 58 wins, and the Mavericks have never fallen behind in the Western Conference since the era of the Dallas Three Heroes in the new century, but they have never been at the top. They still have to wait, because they have the most special superstar Nowitzki, how to cooperate with Nowitzki to win is a problem, just like the aforementioned Iverson and Anthony, Nowitzki is an offensive nuclear weapon, but the defense is lagging behind, and the system cannot be supported, and the role of the coach in building the team system is extremely important.

This season, the Mavericks changed their coach from Don Nelson to Avery Johnson, just to ask for a change and to take it to the next level.

Only Hu Qingniu knew that Nowitzki's true son was still in the Pacers, and Rick Carlisle was waiting for Kuban to come and visit.

The fourth in the West is the Rockets, Da Yao is a pillar of optimism, the league relies on big centers to build teams, and there is no other semicolon for those who use traditional standing piles and defensive tactics, not that the times are progressing too fast, and it is not that others don't want to use it. Mainly except for O'Neill and Yao Ming, there is no center in the league who can be a pillar of optimism now.

The Bobcats don't need to be because head coach Hu Qingniu thinks too much, and the head coach of the Rockets, Van Gundy, is a straight heart, resolutely implementing the strategy with Yao Ming as the core, and the offense and defense are all one.

The offense couldn't open the situation, so he hoisted the ball in and handed it to Yao Ming;

Defense, Yao Mingzhen guards the basket and deters the Quartet;

Others play fast basketball, strange moves, I have Yao Ming on the inside, and I don't move.

In the past, Van Gundy's most distressing thing was how to get the ball into Yao Ming's hands, but now he has Penny Hardaway, although he is older, at least he is not injured, and he is still in great shape. not only solved the problem of passing the ball to Yao Ming, but also was able to control the scene, and the defense was not bad.

Sean Battier on the front line is also a perfect fit, three-point + defense, the most perfect 3D template. Stretching out space, passing the ball, and targeting the opposing arrows' flank shields, Battier's value cannot be assessed with data.

This mid-season trade completely ushered in the rebirth of the Rockets, and the train is not all about Yao Ming's headband, and the wheels of the carriage are also very important.

In fifth place in the West is the Seattle SuperSonics, and the success of the airplane fleet is all due to two machine guns, Ray Allen and Lewis, whose shortcomings are as obvious as their strengths, and whose performance fluctuates greatly. Accurately, the spurs will be shot into a sieve. Once Ray Allen and Lewis collectively hit the iron, they won't even be able to beat the Lakers.

The sixth place is the Timberwolves, KG can be described as ill-fated. No one expected that the Timberwolves' three-headed monster combination would have to play well for a season.

This season, Sam Kassel, the absolute core of the outside line, was injured for the season, and then Sprewell had a conflict with the team, and as a result, the level of the field also plummeted. Last season, there was also a "madman" who averaged 16.8 points per game, but this season he only averaged 12.8 points per game, a full four points lower, and his playing time was not discounted. The hit rate is only 40%.

Garnett was alone, and the Timberwolves inevitably fell out of the first echelon of the West, and the sensational "three-headed monster" almost collapsed.

After the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves offered Latrill Sprewell a three-year, $21 million contract, but the 34-year-old rejected the Timberwolves' offer and threw a slightly sarcastic argument to the team's top brass that "no 10 million is not enough to feed the family." Eventually, Latriel Sprewell said, "I'd rather lie at home if I didn't have a good contract!" He retired from the NBA.

These are all afterwords, and the infinite darkness that awaits KG has come to the door. Coupled with the signing of Joe Smith's yin-yang contract, the Timberwolves were penalized by the league with five first-round picks, and once the Timberwolves can't maintain their competitiveness, they won't even have a chance to turn over.

In seventh place is the Denver Nuggets, only in their second season, last season's rookies James, Wade, Anthony, Bosh, and Milicic have all led the team to the playoffs.

In addition to Milicic, the Brazilian ~ is also the key to the Nuggets' success in the playoffs, and his body can provide good interior height and defense.

However, it's hard to have a future for a team that is all on a youth rampage, and the Nuggets have a real brain - Andre Miller, who is averaging 13.6 points and 9 assists per game this season.

In addition to having a peculiar face, Miller resembles Karen Mok's twin brother, and his style of play is also peculiar, with no range, but he can sit and play like a center. Miller, who didn't have three points, just pouted his big ass and sat in and scored more than 50 points. At this point, Hu Qingniu gave him a name, and the point guard sat to play the first in the world.

But the outstanding ability to play back is not the reason why Miller has been able to sit as a starter in the league for more than ten years and have nearly 10,000 assists. Playmaking is Miller's strongest skill, and his playmaking ability is second only to Nash and Kidd in the league today, and nothing else. This is also an important reason why the Nuggets can make the playoffs. Only an organized and well-organized team can win consistently.

In eighth place in the West is the Memphis Grizzlies, who have won Hill and are rapidly improving. As the team's run-in deepened, Hill, who was at the peak of his tail, not only established his position as the core of the outside line in the Grizzlies, but also cooperated with Gasol, who is also a technical stream.

At the beginning of the season, the Grizzlies were in the top 10 in the West, but the two worked together to bring the team to the playoffs.