NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 San Antonio (3-2-3-3-2)

3 Houston (9-4-4-4-4)

4 Cleveland (2-3-1-1-3)

SECOND TIER

5 Boston (8-10-9-7-5)

6 Washington (23-17-12-13-9)

7 Utah (11-7-7-8-7)

8 Memphis (7-8-11-10-11)

9 Atlanta (13-18-13-9-10)

10 LA Clippers (4-6-6-5-6)

11 Toronto (5-5-5-6-8)

12 Oklahoma City (10-9-8-11-12)

13 Indiana (14-14-20-15-13)

THIRD TIER

14 Denver (20-21-18-23-15)

15 Miami (27-24-26-29-22)

16 Chicago (6-15-16-16-14)

17 Portland (17-19-23-19-19)

18 Detroit (18-16-21-22-20)

19 Milwaukee (15-12-14-12-17)

20 Dallas (29-29-28-28-23)

21 Minnesota (25-26-24-24-21)

22 New York (19-13-15-17-18)

23 Charlotte (12-11-10-14-16)

24 Sacramento (24-22-17-20-27)

25 Philadelphia (30-30-29-25-24)

26 New Orleans (22-25-22-18-25)

27 Orlando (21-20-19-21-26)

28 Los Angeles Lakers (16-23-25-26-29)

29 Phoenix (26-27-27-27-28)

FOURTH TIER

30 Brooklyn (28-28-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Miami (7 spots), Dallas, Memphis, Sacramento and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Charlotte (7 spots), LA Clippers and New York (4 spots), Toronto (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 231

2 EAST 243