As the east have recovered from having lavine, young, Durant, harden and others out with Covid they have continued to gain ground. Only 3 or 4 games back now I believe. Did some lazy counting so may be off. After their surprising win streak rockets have tumbled back to reality losing 7 straight all by double digits. I’m also starting to really think portland is another flat out bad team in the west after a 2-11 month with a ton of blowouts. Chicago definitely has shown they need to be taken seriously as they have climbed to a winning percentage of .700 and are tied with the jazz in the loss column. Have to be very impressed with demar right now who appears to be the steal of the off-season.
For current Covid status
Hawks have a mind boggling 12 players currently on the list. It is unclear if they will have games canceled this week.
Wizards are second with 8
Blazers third with 7
Big names currently out with Covid include Tatum, ayton, draymond, randle, sga and towns, russell, garland, jarret allen.