Thursday, March 13, 2014

NBA power rankings for mid-March



By Rick Morris

Previous rankings are in parentheses, from start of December to present.

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New York (6 spots), Memphis and San Antonio (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Phoenix and Utah (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 SOUTHWEST 47
2 NORTHWEST 70
3 PACIFIC 77
4 SOUTHEAST 83
5 CENTRAL 88
6 ATLANTIC 100
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 194
2 EAST 271

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