NBA power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous periods’ rankings in parentheses, start of season to present.

FIRST TIER

1 San Antonio (4-3-5-3)

2 Oklahoma City (3-5-1-1)

3 LA Clippers (5-7-4-2)

SECOND TIER

4 Miami (2-1-3-6)

5 Golden State (23-8-9-6-5)

6 New York (10-2-2-7)

7 Memphis (6-4-7-4)

8 Chicago (9-11-9-13)

9 Denver (12-18-14-9)

10 Brooklyn (14-6-11-10)

11 Indiana (7-17-12-8)

12 Utah (18-16-15-15)

13 Atlanta (13-9-8-11)

14 Milwaukee (19-13-13-17)

15 Houston (16-15-21-14)

16 Portland (17-23-17-12)

17 Boston (8-12-16-16)

THIRD TIER

18 Philadelphia (15-10-18-19)

19 LA Lakers (1-14-19-20)

20 Dallas (11-19-20-22)

21 Detroit (26-25-26-23)

22 Toronto (24-27-24-21)

23 Minnesota (20-20-10-18)

24 Phoenix (25-22-23-25)

25 Sacramento (28-26-25-24)

26 New Orleans (22-29-29-27)

27 Orlando (27-24-22-26)

28 Cleveland (21-28-28-28)

29 Washington (29-30-30-30)

30 Charlotte (30-21-27-29)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago (5 spots), Milwaukee and Utah (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (5 spots), Portland (4 spots), Indiana and Memphis (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 NORTHWEST 62

2 SOUTHWEST 69

3 ATLANTIC 73

4 PACIFIC 76

5 CENTRAL 80

6 SOUTHEAST 103

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 207

2 EAST 256