Time always passes quickly, especially when you're not expecting it.

Yesterday the weather forecast seemed to say that the Atlantic cold snap was about to wreak havoc on the American continent, but today when I opened the window, it seemed that the plants and trees had sprouted and grown leaves......

The first month of 2011 slipped away imperceptibly, leaving the NBA with game after game, when the players began to become numb, losing their zarithmic enthusiasm and thirst for victory, and even the rookies who were most eager for the game became employees clocking in and out of work.

The Warriors' record continues to shine, winning 13 and losing just one of their 14 games in January, and in those 14 games, Chamberlain's performance has been as strong as ever, averaging 38 per game. With 4 points, 17 rebounds, and 5 blocks, both opponents and fans are beginning to adjust to his status as a king.

Occasionally, in a game, if Chamberlain doesn't score 30 points or has less than 15 rebounds, fans will ask curiously, hey, what's wrong with Chamberlain? Did he eat a bad stomach and go to a strip bar all night to play or have a conflict with his teammates?

In a near-sweeping stance, Chamberlain was named the Western Conference Player of the Year for the month of January, and in addition, he also leads the MVP rankings, and is an outright leader.

The current Warriors are not a team that is perfectly equipped in all positions, they lack benches on the inside, there is no real playmaker on the outside, there is a lack of depth on the bench, etc., etc., etc., etc., there are many shortcomings.

However, such a Warriors are still invincible, because they have one advantage, and that advantage is that they have Chamberlain.

Carter didn't integrate perfectly with the Warriors, but he wasn't bad, and he became the Warriors' most powerful offensive weapon on the perimeter, so that West could focus on learning to control the team and not have to attack the hoop with the determination to blow up the bunker every game.

The Warriors did the right thing to do, which was to bring Jamison and Carter together, and when the two of them were on the court together, the offensive efficiency could be increased by 18%, but unfortunately the unreliable defense of the two made the old Nelson always tremble.

George's growth is step by step, Curry's three-point shooting is getting more and more accurate, and the old Nelson is beginning to shake his belief that he may not need to bring in any more masters for the outside, and it is time for Curry to take charge of himself.

But the biggest surprise to fans was Jeremy Lin.

In February, Jeremy Lin led a new basketball frenzy in the Chinese world, following 15 and a half minutes against the Hawks and slashed 16 points and six assists, the second game against the Kings, Lin got more playing time, cutting 24 points in 30 minutes, and in the third game against the New York Knicks, he scored 20 points and 11 assists.

It can be said that the crazy February of the Warriors was due to Jeremy Lin.

Now other teams are scared to the point of being colorless, Jeremy Lin's table is too much like Chamberlain back then, he is the Chamberlain of the outside, if there is really a Chamberlain on the outside and is on the same team as the Chamberlain on the inside, then the other teams will not play unless they form an All-Star team.

Fortunately, in late February, with Jeremy Lin's decline and transparency in his research, his table had become normalized, and Nelson Sr. positioned him as a backup point guard.

It's the best of times and the worst of times for other teams, for other players.

In January 2011, which was the beginning of the second decade of the new century, the Heat's "Big Three" finally had chemistry, and the Lakers also played the value of the Western giants, Rose was leading the young Bulls to prepare for a revival, and the immature Griffin came out to torture the hoops......

At the end of January, the All-Star Game is not far away, and in only half a month, Oakland will become the stage of national basketball.

The start of the All-Star Game means that the NBA season is over halfway.

Judging from this half, compared to the All-Star era in the 90s of the last century, the NBA is more like a shopping mall than a sports field. It could be a time of milestones, with some exiting the stage, some rushing in, and some leaving with honor.

At the halfway point of the season, many players and teams have surprised the league, not only in terms of results, but also in terms of performance.

The start of the season with Rondo's magic table seemed to herald an unusually complicated one, with a lot of X-factors going to be key to shaping the season, and the two teams in the league that got the most attention just didn't give us the table we expected.

Especially the Miami Heat, who suffered a great crisis after the start of the season, with a declining record and blocked momentum, James was spurned and cursed by almost all teams and fans in the league.

Miami was the target of public scrutiny at the beginning, as the schedule was too tight at the beginning and there were frequent encounters with strong teams, and the Heat, who were not fully in shape and experienced the run-in at that time, became the most disappointing team in the league.

They were overturned by the Jazz at home, struggled to win games on the road, and after losing to the Mavericks, the team's intrateam meeting became one of the biggest turning points of the season for the Heat.

Almost all the contradictions have been resolved, and the coexistence of Wade and James, the coach's ability to control the team, the play of the bench and the rotation of the interior have all been overshadowed by the Heat's near-perfect winning streak.

But the Heat still have a lot to do if they want to break through the Celtics and Magic, their interior is still a fatal injury, and how far Wade and James can lead the team depends on whether their run-in can go further.

The Heat have been in shape in the second half of the season, and if there are no surprises, they will lose to the Green Shirts in a row, but given the age and physical problems of the Green Shirts, the Heat are likely to climb to the top of the East by the end of the regular season and gain home-court advantage.

The Lakers had an unusually easy schedule after the start of the season, but Gasol's injury cost them their best chance to establish home-court advantage.

The Lakers' failure to capitalize on a perfect half of the season could cost them home-court advantage in the playoffs and even the Western Conference Finals, and now it looks like the Lakers are still a serious opponent for the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.

However, this is not absolute, the Western heroes are fighting extremely fiercely, except for the Warriors, no other teams dare to say what they can do, including the Lakers.

If it weren't for the Mavericks' losing streak of Butler and Nowitzki at the halfway point, and if it weren't for the start of the rotation of GDP, the Lakers would have entered the second half of the season with the third or fourth place in the West.

However, even after finishing the second half in the West, the Lakers still leaked too many problems. In the record against the league's superpowers, the Lakers even narrowly beat the Bulls at home by only one game, losing all six games.

Especially when losing to the Warriors at home, that game revealed the Lakers' old problems and shortcomings, they lacked motivation and were always concentrating for a long time, and Artest's strict decline in form directly affected the Lakers' overall defense and outside defense, which made their strong interior always troubled by fouls.

Keep in mind that the Lakers have only faced 10 teams with a win rate of 50% or more in the entire halfway, and their 5-5 record has allowed the Lakers to almost waste their best half-time schedule in the league.

Kobe Bryant began to age, and his three-point shooting percentage was even only about 20% at one point. The Lakers want to defend their title, which could be their toughest hurdle in the last four years.

In particular, they lost by 15 or more points in three consecutive games in the halfway, which put the Lakers at a freezing point. On December 22, 2010, the Lakers lost to the Bucks by 19 points at home, and then the Lakers lost to the Miami Heat, one of the imaginary opponents of the Finals, by 16 points at home, which was the third time in the history of the Lakers that they lost at home by at least 16 points.

Then the Lakers lost by 15 points at San Antonio, which is the second-longest losing streak of 15+ points in Lakers history. If the Lakers want to win the championship, the Warriors, Spurs, Celtics and Heat are the biggest obstacles.

And the problem in front of them now is that even if the Lakers are lucky enough to surpass the Warriors, if they lose home-court advantage against Boston or Miami in the Finals, then the Lakers' prospects will be extremely embarrassing.

The Spurs have put pressure on the Warriors like never before this season, and the Spurs haven't changed much, which could be a sign that the Spurs will bounce back and return to the Finals. However, the Spurs still have some problems, and whether they can win the championship in the end depends on how the Spurs deal with them.

The Green Shirts have been the most low-key team outside of the Spurs this season, but Rondo's magical outburst after the start of the season, to Ray Allen's efficiency and Garnett's return, Boston has become one of the four favorite teams in the league to win the championship, and many even think that they will still beat the Heat in the East to reach the Finals.

With O'Neal Jr. and Garnett and Perkins in the summer trade, the Bostonians are not targeting the Heat at all, but the Warriors.

They were greatly affected by the absence of Perkins in the last game last season, and this season Boston has been able to occupy the top spot in the East despite the loss of Perkins at one point.

The Celtics have overtaken the Spurs to become the league's most tactically literate team, and Garnett's return to form and the changes brought to the Green Shirts' interior after O'Neal's arrival have directly revitalized the entire team.

Pierce is still tough, and Ray Allen has become the best three-pointer in league history, shooting a career-high three-point percentage. Coupled with Rondo's demonic performance now, Boston's entire team is running perfectly.

The occasional loss to a weak team doesn't really reflect the strength of Boston's overall playbook, and two wins over the Heat say a lot. Boston will likely go all out in the second half of the season to get a better result to gain home-court advantage over the Heat or Lakers, which is one of the big factors in whether they can win the championship this year.

The Bulls and Mavericks are the most variable teams in the East and West apart from the above four teams, as the Magic's inconsistent form this season left the Bulls in second place in the East.

Rose's rise this season has been a surprise to the league, but overall, the Bulls still need time to prove themselves, especially as they remain young.

The Eastern Conference Magic could go from being one of the top three last season to being the easiest team in the East. Howard, who has the league's No. 1 center, still has the ability to lead the Magic back to the top, and the Mavericks, even without Butler, have enough to make them one of the contenders for the Western Conference championship with their deep bench roster.

In fact, the league has divided the echelon of this season, Boston, Heat, Magic, Bulls, Spurs, Lakers, and Mavericks are the first echelon of the league.

The Thunder and Hawks will play the role of second and quasi-first echelon in the West and East, respectively. This season, there is still a situation where the west has overtaken the east as a whole, but in terms of super teams, the eastern teams are enough to compete with or even slightly outperform the western teams.

The Cavaliers are struggling, and the Nets and Timberwolves are set to be lottery teams. The Bobcats, Bucks and Grizzlies, as well as the Suns, need to challenge for a top-eight finish and are still teetering on the edge halfway through the season.

The league has entered the Warring States era, and Miami wants to get the big picture, but the Lakers will be at least two years ahead of them, and Boston and Spurs will not age enough to retire from the stage next season.

It may not be the best of times, but it may be the most interesting and the most desirable.

Each team has found its place, and after the halfway, the strength and weakness are clear, and the echelon is obvious, which is the main theme of this season - Sengoku.