Biggest Winners and Losers from 1st Month of 2014-15 Season

The first month of the 2014-15 NBA season featured no shortage of overachievers and underperformers.The race to the top of the Western Conference is already shaping up to be a bloodbath, while the Eastern Conference is chock-full of sub-.500 teams. LeBron James and the new-look Cleveland Cavaliers have stumbled out of the gate, yet their three biggest threats in the Eastthe Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Chicago Bullsall look just as formidable as expected.It's still far too early to predict how the championship picture and major award races will unfold, as one ill-timed injury could completely obliterate those prognostications. It's not too early, however, to look back at the biggest winners and losers from the first month of the season.What separates these winners and losers from the rest of the pack' There isn't one universal set of criteria for all of them, unfortunately. The winners have shattered even their wildest of preseason expectations, while many of the losers are falling short of the most negative predictions.Though there's plenty of time for the high-risers and low-fallers to regress to the mean, here's a look at who emerged as a top winner or loser through the first month of the 2014-15 season.Begin Slideshow
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