NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (2-1-1-1-1)

2 Atlanta (10-4-2-2-2)

SECOND TIER

3 Memphis (1-5-4-3-3)

THIRD TIER

4 Houston (6-9-6-6-5)

5 Portland (4-3-3-9-6)

6 LA Clippers (8-10-8-4-9)

7 Dallas (7-7-5-7-7)

8 San Antonio (5-13-11-10-8)

9 Chicago (11-8-10-11-10)

10 Cleveland (13-11-14-12-11)

11 Toronto (3-2-9-5-4)

FOURTH TIER

12 Oklahoma City (22-17-15-16-14)

13 Milwaukee (14-15-13-15-13)

14 Washington (9-6-7-8-12)

15 New Orleans (18-14-16-14-15)

16 Phoenix (12-12-12-13-16)

FIFTH TIER

17 Indiana (19-21-23-25-19)

18 Boston (24-23-25-24-20)

19 Utah (23-22-24-22-23)

20 Brooklyn (20-16-22-20-22)

21 Charlotte (28-25-20-18-17)

22 Miami (16-18-18-17-18)

23 Detroit (29-27-19-19-21)

24 Sacramento (15-20-21-23-25)

25 Denver (17-19-17-21-24)

SIXTH TIER

26 Orlando (21-24-26-26-26)

SEVENTH TIER

27 Minnesota (25-29-29-29-29)

28 LA Lakers (27-26-27-27-28)

29 Philadelphia (30-28-28-28-27)

30 New York (26-30-30-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Utah (4 spots), LA Clippers (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Toronto (7 spots), Charlotte and Miami (4 spots)

 

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

 

1 SOUTHWEST 37

2 CENTRAL 62

3 PACIFIC 75

4 SOUTHEAST 85

5 NORTHWEST 88

6 ATLANTIC 108

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 200

2 EAST 255