Progsport Basketball Prediction

After a success on the road in Toronto 101-117, New York headed to Las Vegas to challenge and defeat the Orlando Magic in the semi-final 120-132 and then take over the San Antonio Spurs 124-113 in the final, in order to hang a trophy, the banner of which will remain quietly in the backstage of Madison Square. New York decided not to hang it from the ceiling. Laborious return against Indiana 113-114 in the middle of the week, then defeat 107-116 against the 76ers on 12/20, success against the Miami Heat 132-125 and victory defeat against the Wolves 115-104 in the absence of Brunson and Anunoby uncertain this evening. The Cleveland Cavaliers 7th, 17 wins - 14 losses, were considered at the start of the season like the New York Knicks as the big favorites for the title. Except that Cleveland has experienced some physical problems among its best elements like the injuries to Darius Garland at the start of the year, Jarrett Allen who also missed several weeks and now Evan Mobley. Some circumstances should not be overlooked when taking into account the start of the season for the Cleveland Cavaliers, winners over the Hornets 139-132 and Pelicans 141-118 in their last 2 games. 

The Golden State Warriors 8th, 15 wins - 15 losses expected much better than this 8th place in the Western Conference standings on December 25, but will obviously have to be content with it, trying to find the solutions and the right adjustments to get back into the race for the top 6. In this sense, Steve Kerr's men before unwrapping the gifts on December 24, first took the measure of the Phoenix Suns at home in pain 119-116 on December 21 and beat the Orlando Magic 120-97 more widely on the 23rd. Opposite the 11th-placed Dallas Mavericks, 12 wins - 19 losses, fell far behind at the start after Davis' long injury which caused the dismissal of Nico Harrison. AD's return once again showed what a blessing this boy is on the basketball floor. With Davis, Dallas wins games, like this monumental success in front of Nikola Jokic's Denver Nuggets who hold on tight, stay on 11 consecutive successes in the NBA. But that was before this 131-130 success on December 23. 

The reigning champion, leader of the Western Conference with a record of 26 wins - 3 losses before the match, has never been humiliated this year in the NBA. But that was before falling in front of V.Wembanyama and his friends. Already at first recently they had beaten the OKC Thunder 111-109 but did it again especially by beating the partners of SGA at home a few hours ago by the score 130-110. Beaten 3 times in the last 5 games, OKC probably did not think it would arrive at this NBA Christmas Day in such conditions. 7 consecutive successes in the NBA, the NBA Cup final did not count in the balance sheet, no one wins more than the San Antonio Spurs at the moment. The Texans, buoyed by this frenzied series, took 2nd place in the Western Conference by grilling franchises like Denver, Lakers, Minnesota and its Texan rival Houston. If we look ahead to the near future, this San Antonio Spurs team is most likely to compete with the formidable OKC Thunder 1st in the West in the future. The Spurs project is based on young talents already ready under the orders of V.Wembanyama, the French superstar, to play for the title in the West. 

Denver 3rd, 21 wins - 8 losses is racing in the top 6 of the Western Conference from 2nd to 6th like Minnesota. The teams position themselves, they size each other up. Above all, they seek to protect themselves for the Play-offs. A place in the top 6 guarantees a place in the Play-offs, but a place in the top 4 will ensure home field advantage for the first round at least. When we know that the Thunder 1st last year made the difference in Game 7 at home against Denver in the Western Conference semi-final, and also in the final against Indiana in a Game 7 in the NBA final, home court advantage is very important in the Play-offs, and with this in mind the Denver Nuggets, 3rd in the Western Conference, were beaten by the Mavericks 131-130 after a series of 11 victories on the road. The Minnesota Timberwolves 5th, 20 wins - 10 losses are in a similar position to that of the Nuggets except that their curve is very different, it pulls upwards, and makes the Wolves a formidable franchise as the end-of-year holidays approach. Indeed, Minnesota is winning a lot like 5 successes in 6 games in which it beat the OKC Thunder 112-107 at home, then 48 hours ago the New York Knicks were deprived of Jalen Brunson, their best player, and OG Anunoby, their best defender. But the Wolves still won with a score of 115-104 for KAT's big return to the Target Center.