Friday, March 1, 2013

NBA power rankings for start of March



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

FIRST TIER
1 San Antonio (4-3-5-3-1-1)
2 Miami (2-1-3-6-4-4)
3 Oklahoma City (3-5-1-1-2-2)
4 LA Clippers (5-7-4-2-3-3)
SECOND TIER
5 Memphis (6-4-7-4-7-6)
6 Denver (12-18-14-9-9-7)
7 Indiana (7-17-12-8-11-8)
8 New York (10-2-2-7-6-5)
9 Atlanta (13-9-8-11-13-12)
10 Brooklyn (14-6-11-10-10-9)
11 Chicago (9-11-9-13-8-10)
12 Boston (8-12-16-16-17-13)
13 Golden State (23-8-9-6-5-5-11)
14 Utah (18-16-15-15-12-14)
15 Houston (16-15-21-14-15-15)
16 LA Lakers (1-14-19-20-19-17)
17 Milwaukee (19-13-13-17-14-16)
THIRD TIER
18 Dallas (11-19-20-22-20-19)
19 Portland (17-23-17-12-16-18)
FOURTH TIER
20 Toronto (24-27-24-21-22-21)
21 Detroit (26-25-26-23-21-22)
22 Philadelphia (15-10-18-19-18-20)
23 Cleveland (21-28-28-28-28-27)
24 Washington (29-30-30-30-29-28)
25 New Orleans (22-29-29-27-26-23)
26 Phoenix (25-22-23-25-24-26)
27 Sacramento (28-26-25-24-25-25)
28 Minnesota (20-20-10-18-23-24)
29 Orlando (27-24-22-26-27-29)
FIFTH TIER
30 Charlotte (30-21-27-29-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland and Washington (4 spots), Atlanta (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (4 spots), New York (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 SOUTHWEST 64
2 NORTHWEST 70
3 ATLANTIC 72
4 CENTRAL 79
5 PACIFIC 86
6 SOUTHEAST 94
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 220
2 EAST 245

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