NBA: Biggest x-factors heading into the final month of the season
By Kyle Crabbe
Breaking down the biggest x-factors for the final push of the 2018-19 NBA regular season
As teams compete for playoff positioning or to even make post-season play, there will be a handful of players that can have a huge effect on the overall landscape of the NBA during the last month of the regular season.
Last season, we saw great play down the stretch from Ben Simmons leading the Philadelphia 76ers on a 16-game winning-streak going into post-season play. We also saw Houston Rockets guard James Harden dominate NBA play in the final two months of the season to secure his 2018 MVP award as well as rookie Donovan Mitchell playing big for the Utah Jazz as they were able to push from just making the playoffs to earning the 5th seed in the tough Western Conference.
This season appears to be no different as winning will require unexpected performances from select players throughout the final weeks of the 2018-19 NBA regular season. Let’s take a look at the biggest x-factors heading into the final month before the playoffs.