The NBA Western conference playoffs confirm that the guards at the top of the conference have changed.
Of course, the Playoff Tournament is just beginning, but traditionally strong franchisees, which contain some of the biggest names of the league, have been eliminated or struggling to advance-less successful teams with young and mostly host stars are determining speed while waiting for the second round of opposition.
This is interesting.
Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James were firmly beaten by Frisky Minnesota Timberwolves and Anthony Edwards in five games.
Although Timberwolves is only the sixth seed, when they sweep themselves as a serious challenge for their favorite, Oklahomoma City Thunder, the only western team that won the first round series in the game less than Minnesota.
The wolves will face another team of Los Angeles Clippers, the fourth-seed Denver Nuggets, the fourth seed, and the Fourth-Seed Denver Nuggets, or all stars Kawi Leonard and James Harden, led by MVP Nikola Jokic.
La, Nuggets 111-105, who visited Thursday night, forced the first round of the first round so far.
Thunder has been idle since April 26 and is waiting to see if his next competitors will be Houston 2 or Golden State number 7, which is trying to make another deep run in the last recurrence of the Steph Curry-Steve Kerr-Traymond Green era.
Warriors, on Friday, took 3-2 ahead of the rockets that entered home matches, but on Wednesday, 131-116 road loss opportunities.
Perhaps only for two years from a NBA championship, or Warriors, who has won four championships with Curry, Kerr and Green since 2015, will be fulfilled by Dallas Mavericks, who disappeared in the game tournament as Western champions.
However, it would be surprising that both of them were moving to the finals despite their skin.
Golden State, like Memphis – panicked and panicked to a successful head trainer, hoping to continue new children in the block, shorter than a month before the end of the normal season.
But even if Warriors gets out of the first round, they will run to a Wolves team that will rest well after pushing around the Lakers. La, the most talked about in the season in the years, attracted the trade, which will keep it relevant when the James period was over, but Luka Doncic's arrival could not compete with Minnesota.
And then, there is a thunder, which is the number 1 seed for a second season. Although they made an early exit with Mavericks last season with a second round of loss, they grew up from experience and won 68 matches this season.
They started the season with 51 points and 19 points victories against Memphis before fighting six and two points.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the regular season score leader and MVP finalists. Someone Best Young Coaches in NBA – Mark Daigneault – First of all, thanks to the general manager Sam Presti, he was built wisely in the league and choreography one of the deepest cadres.
In addition, the Okc showed competitive fire and joy, looting and balance in teams that realize that they were at the top of something special.
All these features will be very difficult for everyone in the West – in the past, how many championships they have won or how many home names in the squad – will beat the thunder.
Except wolves.
Maybe.
