NBA power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3)

4 Oklahoma City (6-4-4)

5 LA Clippers (13-8-6)

FOURTH TIER

6 Toronto (8-9-8)

7 Chicago (7-5-7)

8 Atlanta (12-16-5)

9 Dallas (9-13-11)

10 Miami (5-11-10)

11 Memphis (11-14-15)

12 Indiana (4-6-12)

13 Houston (22-17-19)

14 Detroit (19-15-14)

15 Boston (15-10-13)

16 Washington (23-22-17)

17 Orlando (16-12-9)

18 New York (20-21-18)

19 Charlotte (10-7-16)

20 Portland (21-19-20)

21 Utah (14-18-21)

22 Sacramento (25-25-22)

23 Milwaukee (26-26-24)

24 Denver (24-23-25)

FIFTH TIER

25 New Orleans (27-28-23)

26 Brooklyn (28-27-27)

27 Minnesota (18-24-26)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28)

SIXTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29)

SEVENTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston (6 spots), Memphis (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Orlando (8 spots), Atlanta and Charlotte (3 spots)

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

1 EAST 224

2 WEST 241