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One step away from the start of the Playoffs...

Teams like the Nets, Bucks, or 76ers will fight for a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals. All three candidates will have to leave behind the inspired Knicks, Trae Young's Hawks, or the irregular Heat and Celtics, although as of now there is no such bewilderment.

It's the Playoffs, period.

In both classifications it has been a ferris wheel without rest, although with more laps in the east where we came to say goodbye to the presence of Russel Westbrook who came to be last with the Washington Wizards and who in a stellar second round ended up sneaking the team of the capital in the Play-in and, later, among the lucky deciséis thanks to the company of Bradey Beal.


The protagonists of the American series Friends return to dream of the rise of the Knicks who, together with the Hawks, knew how to take advantage of the downturn of heat and Celtics, especially those of Boston, who while they saw those of Miami recover very slowly from the destruction of the beginning of competition, Tatum and company lost places in the classification.

"Without a clear favorite"

In the upper zone we surrendered to the stubborn 76ers, who endured the wave of luxurious signings that came to Brooklyn but that was not enough to unseat Philadelphia from the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, with the help of players like Seth Curry or Dwight Howard, knew how to return the illusion to a franchise that has been trying to reconsecrate itself for years.


Second, to the rhythm of Harden's beard, were the Nets, who proved to be one of the top contenders for the title, even though LaMarcus Aldrige (his penultimate major addition) had to leave the courts due to serious heart problems.

The Bucks, with Giannis Antetokounmpo enjoying the game received from Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday, have managed to withstand the streaks of the top two finishers. Another team is serious aspirations to wear the ring.

76ers - Nets - Bucks - knicks

Hawks - Heat - Celtics - Wizards

On the other side of the country we find the self-confidence of Suns and Jazz, who completely forgot that in the same conference were the two Los Angeles franchises with superteams.

Led by the never-ending CP3, Phoenix closely followed the music that took Utah to the top of the chart thanks to the good attack-defense combination of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.

Luka Doncic and Stephen Curry returned

Doncic got serious about lifting the Mavericks up the board to fifth place, beating the Trail Blazers of Lillard and McCollum and a few games behind the Clippers and Jokic's Nuggets.

The Angels of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard closely watched the decline of their neighbors after the injury suffered by Lebron although, finally, it arrived just in time to win the Play-in and return in the west the poster of favorite to the Lakers.


Less lucky was the return of Curry, who from the first day of competition threw San Francisco on his back. He left performances of sixty points, shouts of victory that led him to be present in the final three of the MVP of the season. The claw of Draymond Green, the youth of James Wiseman, and the addition of Kent Bazemore, were not enough and, after managing to finish in the top eight, they could not beat the Lakers and Grizzlies in the Play-in.


Jazz - Suns - Nuggets - Clippers

Mavericks - Blazers - Lakers - Grizzlies  

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