The NBA Who’s On Top?
We are officially passed the midpoint mark for the NBA Season with 42 plus games played to date and still holding down the No. 1 Spot in the league is the Cleveland Cavaliers (36-6) looking focused, determined and still getting stronger as a team game by game. The Cavs are looking like they’re ready to give the Defending Champions Boston Celtics (30-13) a legitimate run at dethroning them in the Eastern Conference. The New York Knicks (29-16) are still steady pacing, looking good and staying in the conversation while the Milwaukee Bucks (24-17) are seemingly getting it together one game at a time. The Indiana Pacers (24-19) have been grinding their way back as well, trying to position themselves. As for the Atlanta Hawks (22-20), the Detroit Pistons (22-21), Orlando Magic (23-22) and the Miami Heat (23-22), their outcome and standing position could be different if they keep going hard in the second half of the season.
Still holding the No. 1 Spot in the tough Western Conference is the Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7). Them Boys are balling hard and looking like true contenders on the come-up game by game. Breathing down their necks are the surging Houston Rockets (28-14), the Memphis Grizzlies (28-15) and the Denver Nuggets (27-16) who all have the capability to overthrow the Thunders from their number one Spot. The LA Clippers (24-18) with a healthy Kawhi Leonard easing his way back into the line-up, should see themselves moving up in the standings but with the Los Angeles Lakers (23-18), the Dallas Mavericks (23-20), the Sacramento Kings (22-20), the Minnesota Timberwolves (22-21), the Phoenix Suns (21-21) and the Golden State Warriors (21-21) all playing musical chairs while vying for a position in the threatening Western Conference where a team can’t blink and fumble the ball and risk being left out come Playoff time.
That being said, stay locked in for an exciting second half of the season.
Blaze
