This year's playoff forecast is relatively alternative. People are discussing whether the Lakers can successfully defend their title, but whether they can win the championship with all their wins. Judging from the record, the strength of their competitors has collectively declined.

The Warriors won second in the Western Conference with 61 wins. The conflict between Draymond Green and Rudy Gobert is the main reason for the Warriors' decline in record performance. However, no matter how Green blackened his teammates, the Warriors will definitely renew their contract with Gobert this summer, and it is impossible to let go of this excellent defensive center.

Gobert averaged 33 minutes per game, scoring 14.3 points, 12 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.6 steals and 2.6 blocks. His defensive efficiency in the penalty area is the highest in the league, with strong single defense and assistive defense capabilities, and his shooting percentage is as high as 66.1%.

Look at Green again, he played in 31.1 minutes and scored 9.5 points, 7 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 2 steals and 1.1 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 41.8%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 30.8%. He rarely broke through with the ball and could hardly create free throws.

If Coach Mark Jackson hadn't liked to play inside support tactics, Green would have no effect on the offensive end. He had neither a range nor a strong attack. He always had support at high positions and outside, and it was directly related to the lack of threat to the empty cut.

In the second half, it was not easy for Green to pick Gobert's fault, saying that he only knows how to defend? Then didn't he scold himself? The opponent's rebounding was even better. If he boasted that he had good defense, he praised Gobert together.

What's worse is that Middleton can also organize and often grab Green's job in the starting lineup. He can play as a forward, and the outside threat is great, and the coaching staff will arrange tactics for him.

Once Brooke Lopez left, his offensive efficiency and ability to withdraw air in the interior were reduced, and he was missing a big man who could shoot three-pointers in the bottom corner, so his opponent could double-team Curry more boldly.

Curry's shooting percentage dropped to 46.3%, his three-point shooting percentage was 41.1%, and he scored 27.2 points, 4.6 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.8 steals. His scoring efficiency was not as terrifying as last season.

The Spurs ranked third in the Western Conference with 58 wins. Several veterans obviously couldn't run anymore. They could only fight positions and could not fight quickly. The Spurs' defense relied on joint defense, and the double tower defense area did a good job, and they would be stunned against teams like the Lakers who rely on running, shooting and three-pointers.

The 4-8th place is the Pelicans, Clippers, Kings, Grizzlies, and Thunder.

9-15 are the Suns, Timberwolves, Rockets, Nuggets, Mavericks, Jazz, and Trail Blazers.

This season, the Suns fell to the point where they could not make the playoffs, and D'Antoni's bombardment tactics could not be played. The team did not have a good point guard, and Jeremy Lin was just making do with the starter, and he was injured and rested for half a season.

D'Antoni's contract expires this summer and probably will not renew it again. As the Suns' meritorious coach, the evaluation he received has been declining. Everyone said that he would not be able to do without Guo Xu, and he wanted to change the team to prove himself.

The Trail Blazers only have 23 wins, and the star is 191cm point guard CJ McClum. The starting point guard is Rubio who cannot be given away. How can he win? The Jazz don’t want Rubio. They have a lack of range forward Ben Simmons as their core and need players who can shoot and team up with him.

Tyson Chandler joined the center Grave Trail Blazers for a high salary and was very brave. Sure enough, he was recovering from injuries for half a season. Mason Plumley, who played as a substitute for the Nets, was the core of the inside of the Trail Blazers.

The Eastern Conference 76ers achieved their best record with only 54 wins, winning 37 more games than last season.

Both the Bucks and the Raptors won 51 wins, and the Bucks ranked second with the record advantage of both sides. The Raptors had third, and had no home advantage in the second round.

Joel Embiid played 72 games and maintained good health. He was a big killer in the Eastern Conference inside and was optimistic that he would beat Simmons to win the Best Rookie Award.

The Wizards ranked fourth with 49 wins, which is much worse than their target record.

The Nets ranked fifth with 45 wins, and it was a team that was seriously regressing. In the two months after Lopez was absent, James lost many games.

There are more fans who satirized James as the runner-up in the East online. James believes that he is able to break through in the East just by forming a team in the East, and he may not be able to make the playoffs even if he leads the team in the West. However, this matter is not easy to verify because he dares to play in the West.

Basketball experts also posted that James was a bit overrated. His style of playing has not changed since he entered the league. He will always be a forward. The opponent knows how to limit him to break through and defend in the joint defense near the penalty area.

Experts believe that James' lower limit for playing is very high and he can enter the playoffs no matter how he is, but the upper limit is the runner-up. When he partnered with the stars, he could not lead his teammates to perform better, and even a bit of a useless teammate.

James's data remains unchanged every year, and he has always been a triple-double. His teammates often have to sacrifice their personal characteristics to cooperate with him. To put it bluntly, he needs teammates who can pull away and guards who can run and catch the ball and shoot. The offense is based on his own system, and then everyone works hard to defend.

The team led by James has never scored in the top three in the league per game, and the team led by Guo Xu is the best in the league most of the time. From the data, we can see the difference in the ability of the two to lead the team. Whoever Guo Xu is teammates can make the teammates efficient and make the offensive end soar.

6-8 are Eagles, Magic, and Walkers.

The Hawks unexpectedly won sixth place, with rookie Jamal Murray and point guard Dennis Schroder performing very well. Inside Zach Randolph and Dwight Howard partnered with one offense and one defense, Kent Bazemore can lead the substitute attack, and the team also has excellent pitcher Korver.

Howard is not low-efficiency, averaging 29.7 minutes per game, he can score 13.5 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists, and his shooting percentage is 63.3%. After joining, he improved the Hawks' inside defense.

The record of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals exceeded 50%, and the overall gap with the Western Conference is not big, but the gap between the top few is obvious. The playoffs are mainly due to star ability, and the 76ers are against the Warriors, and the Spurs are not able to gain the upper hand.

The 9-15th place in the East are the Pistons, Hornets, Cavaliers, Heat, Bulls, Celtics, and Knicks.

In the second half, point guard Derek Ross, who averaged 18 points and 4.5 assists per game, was injured and missed, and only played 62 games throughout the season. Porzingis only played 66 games for the team, and the Knicks suffered 10 consecutive losses.

When not playing pick-and-roll, the Knicks mainly played against Kobe and Anthony, comparing who made more shots and who made more shots. Anthony won in shooting, and Kobe was better at hitting.

In the end, the Knicks' record was overtaken by the Celtics again, with only 21 wins ranking last in the league.

Kobe, who is close to 39 years old, finally improved his data to averaging 17.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting percentage of 36.2%, and three-point shooting percentage of 29.1%. He completed a magical "personal four-game pad (bottom)" in the regular season.

As soon as the regular season ended, the Knicks immediately announced the dismissal of manager Phil Jackson and coach Brian Shaw, and they will definitely rebuild in the summer. The Knicks boss Dolan personally issued an order, and he got angry. The Internet said that others were stupid and had a lot of money, and they were cheated of money by several people from the Lakers.

The coaching staff must be cleaned. Brian Shaw is also a coach in the Lakers department. He is a coach who is a coach and is obviously unqualified when he starts.

The Lakers have confirmed the 13-man playoff roster, with veterans Jason Terry and Davis Bellstein being excluded.

The coaching staff brought veteran Mike Dunleavy, who has rich experience in the playoffs and is also very stable in three-point shooting, similar to Bellstein's role. Dunleavy's three-point shooting percentage in his career playoffs is as high as 45.2%, and he averages 1.8 goals per game.

Point guard Fred Van Vreet will be the 13th player of the team. Fan Xiaopang worked very hard during training, had better athletic ability than Terry, was more active on the defensive end, and was able to adapt to playoff level confrontation.
Chapter completed!