We have less than a month to play in the 2021–22 regular season, and the league is seeing some serious separation in a trio of tiers.
A solid crop of tankers is working through every young lineup in sight, while the league’s top teams look to both get healthy and potentially secure an advantageous matchup in Round 1. Then there’s the lengthy middle. Both conferences sport a wealth of teams competing to both avoid and reach the play-in, leading to what could be a fascinating stretch of jockeying in the coming weeks.
So what should we expect to see from each team throughout the league?