The most important thing in this year's NBA is the dark horse.

The Hornets looked down on the No. 1 position in the West several times in the second half of the regular season, until the final stage of the finale, because of a wave of 6 games and 4 losses, they missed the opportunity to lock the first place, surrendered the throne to the Spurs and let the Lakers overtake, people may have thought before the start of the season that the healthy Hornets may not miss the playoffs like last year, but never dared to expect them to create a 55-27, the third best regular season record in the West.

Especially in such a troubled era this year, West and Chandler are two guys with no more than 19 playoff experiences, and the superstar Paul has not played a single playoff game, and they have repeatedly exceeded people's expectations and become heroes in troubled times.

It's the best of times, it's the worst of times! The black horse wasp is rising, and there must be the heroes and downs of the past. The Spurs, Suns, and Mavericks have formed an indestructible iron triangle in the West for several seasons in a row, but in the end, the Suns are 55-27 in sixth place in the West, and the Mavericks are 51-31 to seventh, and the Spurs have won the first place in the West by defeating the Jazz in the last game.

In addition, one has to pay tribute to a young dark horse, the Trail Blazers who were hopeful in July and desperate in October. Before the season even began, the hapless team suffered the blow of "No. 1 Pick" Oden's entire season, but the league's second-youngest Boy Scouts fought their way through the West.

From Dec. 4 to 31, they completed what was then the longest winning streak of the season, the second-longest in their history, and the longest streak was recorded by Adelman's Trailblazers, set by "Glider" Drexler in the 1990-91 season.

Roy, Aldridge, Pulzebira and others, as well as their coach Macmillan, showed people the strength of a playoff team, and once occupied a playoff spot, showing the true colors of dark horses, but this year is not an ordinary year. In the end, they still have a win rate of more than 50% in the west, and if they are born in the east, it will be enough for them to occupy sixth place, and they can win more games in the east.

The 76ers, who have a similar record to the Trail Blazers, have won one less game than the Trail Blazers, but are enjoying seventh place in the East and waiting for the playoffs to begin.

After the departure of "The Answer", this was a team that was expected to rebuild and improve in the next two or three years, but the likes of "Little AI" Iguodala, Andre Miller and Rookie Young were washed away, and after an offseason, the energy exploded so amazingly that ESPN expert Harlinger even listed Philadelphia conductor Cheeks on the "Coach of the Year" nomination. Of course, strictly speaking, the Wizards, who lost Arenas in the first half of the season, were also considered a dark horse, because at that time, the Wizards were already a team outside the playoffs.

But compared to the Warriors, the above teams are nothing, Chris Paul is great, but this is his fourth season in the NBA, and it is his same year, it is not something unpredictable that he is playing so well, but what about Chamberlain?

Chamberlain is only 19 years old, this is his rookie season, he is not even used to wearing suits and leather shoes, but he has already led a team that barely made the playoffs last season to become a true powerhouse in the West!

So far this season, Chamberlain has played in 81 regular-season games, and he has averaged 17 per game. With 8 points, he is second only to Durant in scoring among rookies, and the supersonic is now averaging 24 points per game, and there is no doubt that he will be a strong contender for the scoring title in a few seasons.

Durant's scoring champion has to look backwards, and Chamberlain can't wait to win the title of rebounding king, and his average rebounds per game is 17. Five, starting in 1993, is the new high number of rebounding kings, previously led by Dennis Rodman's 18. 3 rebounds, 25 years later, a new record was finally born, and it was born in the hands of a rookie.

In addition, Chamberlain also averaged 6 per game. 2 blocks, since the birth of the title of king of blocks in 1972, this is the highest number of blocks a player can achieve, and the appearance of Chamberlain eclipses all the predecessors on the leaderboard of the king of blocks!

This is Chamberlain, the player who has booked the best rookie of the season and may be the best rookie of the last decade, even the little emperor LeBron James, in his rookie season has not been so unbeatable, and the popularity is even more incomparable, because Chamberlain has become a Chinese citizen, he is now a hero in the hearts of the Chinese in the world.

In fact, there is no shortage of shining players in this season's rookies, before the 2007 draft, people have compared this year with 1996 and 2003, two golden draft years, Noah, Brewer and other Florida kings, Conley, Yi Jianlian and others, each of them has attracted much attention before entering the league, but compared with the following two people, they still seem to be very lacking in starlight.

There is no doubt that these two people are the "champion" Oden taken by the Trail Blazers and the "Leader" Durant taken by the SuperSonics.

Oden and Durant, two of the candidates expected to dominate the NBA for the next decade, were drafted by two teams in the Northwest Division, and the draw ended, and the front pages of the NBA's official website, ESPN, FOX and other authoritative media were all headlined with "Northwest Division Victory". At that time, the NBA's official website commentary translated into colloquial Chinese was: The Northwest Division originally had the Jazz who reached the Western Conference Finals, the golden twin guns that successfully prepared for the big explosion, plus the two masters of Oden and Durant, is the Northwest Division still a place for people?

However, the script for Hollywood's best screenplay played out in reality, and Portland, who has struggled with injured soldiers all his life with big men such as Wharton, Bowe, and Sabonis, really seems to have been cursed by God that is difficult to resolve, Oden had arthroscopic surgery on a knee injury before the season and reimbursed his rookie season, and Durant, a man known as the worst person who can be Maddie and best be Jordan, although the personal data has been wildly brushed to the first scoring among rookies, However, the situation of the top 4 in the Northwest Division, which people are optimistic about, did not happen.

Although the Trail Blazers' performance this season is almost perfect, there is nothing to do with Oden, and Durant's supersonic speed is the last in the West, and it has not become the playoffs as predicted by major media experts in the United States, but the Warriors have given everyone a slap, and Chamberlain's birth is still a mystery in the NBA.

The Rockets, which Chinese fans are most concerned about, have not performed well this season, which also gives the Warriors the opportunity to become the most popular team in the Chinese world, and of course, it also gives Chamberlain the opportunity to overpower Yao Ming in attention, especially after he broke the news of joining Chinese nationality, for Chinese fans, whether Chamberlain or Yao Ming, they are now their own sons.

Two months after the start of the regular season, the Rockets have a record of only 15 wins and 18 losses, with a combination of Yao Ming and Maddie, and Scola, Wells, and Francis also make the team look unprecedentedly strong.

But after all, the Rockets have so many stars on the roster, none of them are vegetarians, after losing Game 1 to the Celtics in January, losing only 3 of the next 13 games in January, and winning all of them in February, the Rockets began to usher in a historic phase.

When all people's criticism turns into doubt, from doubt to affirmation, to the expectation of the championship. The day after the Feb. 24 game against the Bulls, a tiny crack forced Yao Ming to take a break, and then Rockets fans fell from the top of the hill to the bottom.

At that time, the media began to re-examine the Rockets, and it must have reverted to questioning: Can they continue their 12-game winning streak? Many bookmakers have opened a handicap of how many points the Rockets will lose, but in addition to the "African Mountain" habitually bringing miracles to people with one finger, Scola played the feeling of the Argentine national team, Maddie, Landry, veteran recruit Bobby Jackson and a group of veritable little ant soldiers do not know how many gamblers have gone bankrupt, because according to statistics, after Yao Ming fell, the number of people who have been chasing the Rockets and losing is quite considerable.

Beat the Nuggets, slaughtered the Mavericks, pulled out the bee sting, and destroyed the Lakers, the Rockets raised the winning streak all the way to the second in history with 22 consecutive wins, becoming a monument in history, and in the 10 games after Yao Ming fell, the Rockets outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points per game.

In the last few games of the winning streak, people have returned to affirmation from doubts, and even look forward to and worship, with the worship of gods, even the NBA official website, the Associated Press, etc., after each victory, began to count the number of consecutive wins of the Rockets with their fingers, which is a historical record.

After losing to the Celtics, the headline "Return to Earth" in major media headlines appeared at the same time as if it had been agreed in advance, but the Rockets won enough respect because they were still asking questions about the playoffs in Houston when Yao Ming fell, and when they were 15-18, no one thought that they would be able to reach the top of the West for a time and successfully complete their "enclosure movement" in the mighty Wild West.

However, the madness of the Rockets ends here, they are about to meet the Spurs, the No. 1 team in the West, the Warriors' Black Eight miracle last season is not so easy to replicate, otherwise it would not be called a 'miracle', even if they have won 22 consecutive games, but in front of the rock-solid Spurs, their playoff road still has no chance.

While most teams are preparing for the playoffs, the Warriors have their regular season ahead of them, and they're at the bottom of their home court against the provocative Pistons.

Chamberlain definitely didn't want to lose this game, as his opponent was Byron Davis, the former Warriors boss who is now firmly established with the Pistons.

With Billups and the little prince leaving the Pistons, and without Big Ben, the Pistons Five who once dominated Detroit will only be left with the grumpy but aging Rasheed Wallace and the stuffy Gourd Hamilton, both of whom cannot compete with Davis for the position of Pistons boss because of their age and personality, so the bearded man has made a name for himself in the Pistons.

Perhaps out of revenge against the Warriors, or perhaps because this season is a contract year, Davis has been so good with the Pistons that he has been tough on offense and defense, and many fans are considering him as one of the top five point guards.

In ancient times, there were Kidd, Nash, Iverson, Marbury, the younger generation of Billups, Wade, etc., and the new generation of Paul, Delon, Conley and others, which can be called the stars!