NBA – Given the current ranking, however, the Cavaliers have a much better chance of facing the Knicks, especially since the Nets are on a bad slope.
But the Ohio players would have a completely different potential opponent in their sights: the Nets. ” No one within the franchise will say that publicly, they wouldn’t have to. But several people I’ve spoken to recently are privately hoping to take on Brooklyn. It’s easy to understand why “, recently reported Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com.
New Yorkers are obviously much less feared today than they were with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in their ranks. The team has been largely reshaped, with four new starters, and seems to be refocusing on Mikal Bridges. A redesign likely to work in the long term, with more collective experience.
Where teams like the Heat, the Hawks, the Raptors or the Bulls, placed behind in the standings and in the race for the “play-in”, are undoubtedly more scary because of their experience.
This “wish” of the Cavs is in any case unlikely to be granted in view of the current classification:
- 3rd: Sixers (48 wins – 23 losses)
- 4th: Cavs (45 wins – 28 losses)
- 5th: Knicks (42 wins – 31 losses)
- 6th: Nets (39 wins – 32 losses)
- 7th: Heat (39 wins – 34 losses)
With less than ten games to play, Cleveland is unlikely to move in the standings, ditto for the Knicks. The Nets, on the other hand, who remain on three defeats in a row, could continue to slide…
« I try to get our players focused on the match of the day. I don’t want our players to project beyond the next four hours (note: the next game). We have enough to do. So I try to make sure that our players don’t project themselves into the future and just do their day to day job. “, recommends Jacque Vaughn.
The latter does well to remember it because his team receives twice… the Cavs, the next night and Thursday, before moving to Miami on Saturday. The respective ranking of each team should therefore change in the coming days.
