"Who will be the new king? Heat? Or the sun? ”

"The Pacers are not dominant, and it will be a difficult road to defend the title!"

As the 2004-2005 NBA regular season gradually comes to an end, the voice of the Pacers is getting higher and higher, not that these media don't want to blow the Pacers, it's really that the Pacers are too weak this season, the Pacers, who won 74-8 last season, lost 20 games this season, 12 fewer games than last season, especially in the matchup with several powerful teams in the East and West, the Pacers' record is even more miserable, killed by the Spurs, killed by the Mavericks, and killed by the Suns. The Heat also lost three of their four games, and with the Pacers so ineffective, it is difficult for the outside media not to hack the Pacers, let alone those media who already look at the Pacers unpleasantly.

Although the Pacers finally won the first place in the regular season this season with a record of 62 wins and 20 losses, compared to the Pacers who blocked God and Buddha blocked and killed Buddha last season, this season's Pacers really have little dominance, and several strong conversations are all weak, so although the Pacers' record is still the first in the league, the voice of singing the Pacers is popular.

This season's Western Conference can be described as a big change, and the Timberwolves, who reached the division finals last season, missed the playoffs this season when the team's overall lineup has not changed much, which is really shocking. And the opposite of the Timberwolves, the Suns, who missed the playoffs last season, became the top powerhouse in the West after signing Nash, and after the end of the regular season, the Suns actually ranked first in the West with a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, second in the league, compared to last season's record of less than 30 wins, the Suns' changes in this season can be described as earth-shaking, and it is precisely because of the huge changes in the Suns that Steve Nash, who joined the Suns this season because he was abandoned by the Mavericks, has gone from an outcast, He became the favorite for the MVP of the regular season.

Compared to the Suns' sudden strengthening, the Mavericks' performance this season was also somewhat surprising, after the failure to hit the championship last season, the five-star Mavericks officially disintegrated, Don Nelson resigned, Steve Nash was waived, Antoine Walker and Antoine Jamison were traded, but the dismantled Mavericks did not sink as quickly as the media predicted, but instead achieved an excellent 58-24 record under rookie head coaches Avery Johnson and Dirk Nowitzki.

The SuperSonics, who also missed the playoffs last season, also achieved a good record this season after trading to Ray Allen to form the backcourt duo of Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis, and finally finished fourth in the West with a 52-30 record.

As for the Rockets, who traded Maddie from the Magic with all two star players as chips, their performance this season has more or less lived up to expectations, although the 51-31 record can only rank fifth in the West, but the Rockets have never fallen behind in the strong dialogue with other strong teams in the league, especially the home win over the Pacers, and the two games against the Spurs are particularly classic, and it is precisely because of the strength shown in the strong dialogue with other strong teams in the league that the Rockets are now also blown into the championship favorite.

In the opening game of this season, the Rockets showed very strong strength, losing to the Pacers by only 3 points, and in the middle of the season, when the Pacers were visiting Texas, the Rockets who returned to their home court, in the case of Maddy and Yao Ming teaming up to contribute 74 points, the Rockets defeated the Pacers at home by 18 points, and the 18-point difference was also the worst game the Pacers lost in recent seasons, the Rockets, Spurs, Mavericks, and the Texas triumph teamed up to give the Pacers a wave of the longest three-game losing streak of the season. As for the Rockets' home game against the Spurs, it is a classic among the classics, when the game was about to end with 40 seconds left, the visiting Spurs still led the Rockets by 8 points, but in the following 35 seconds, Maddy shot 4 of 4 three-pointers and 1 of 1 free throws, scoring 13 points in a row, helping the Rockets reverse the Spurs, and after this game, the NBA had another Maddie moment after the Miller moment.

Compared with the big brawls of other teams in the rankings, the San Antonio Spurs are still as stable as ever, in the words of the New York media, it is as stable as an old dog, 59 wins and 23 losses, this is the record handed over by the Spurs this season, I can't remember how many consecutive seasons the Spurs have been able to win about 60 wins, if it is stable, there is no team in the entire league that can play the Spurs now.

Different from the big changes in the Western League, the ranking of the Eastern Conference is a bit "class solidified", the Pacers have ranked first in the East for four consecutive seasons, after the Pacers, the top three in the Eastern Conference compared with last season, there has been no change, the Heat ranks behind the Pacers with a record of 59-23, ranking second in the East, after the Heat, it is the 53-29 Pistons, the Heat and the Pistons, the two teams, are also quite stable this season, if nothing else, The Heat and Pistons will remain the Pacers' biggest rivals in the playoffs.

After the Pistons, they were the 46-36 Bulls, the 45-37 Celtics, the 44-38 Wizards, and the 43-39 76ers. There's a good chance the Nets won't even make the playoffs this season.

Compared with some sad Pistons, the Cavaliers are undoubtedly more miserable, the Cavaliers, who were once ranked fourth in the East in the middle of the season, have experienced a series of turmoil such as changing owners and head coaches, and the unstable Cavaliers' record plummeted, and there was even a wave of inexplicable consecutive defeats at the end of the regular season, and finally missed the playoffs with the same record as the Nets at 42-40, if the Cavaliers did not have so many turmoil in the middle of the season, maybe in this season, the Cavaliers could return to the playoffs.

After a short break, the 04-05 playoffs are about to kick off, and the 16 teams in the East and West will once again join the championship race, as the defending champions, the Pacers welcomed their first opponent in the playoffs on April 24, and their old opponents in the playoffs, the New Jersey Nets.