NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

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

FIRST TIER

1 San Antonio (4-3-5-3-1)

2 Oklahoma City (3-5-1-1-2)

3 LA Clippers (5-7-4-2-3)

4 Miami (2-1-3-6-4)

SECOND TIER

5 New York (10-2-2-7-6)

6 Memphis (6-4-7-4-7)

7 Denver (12-18-14-9-9)

8 Indiana (7-17-12-8-11)

9 Brooklyn (14-6-11-10-10)

10 Chicago (9-11-9-13-8)

11 Golden State (23-8-9-6-5-5)

12 Atlanta (13-9-8-11-13)

13 Boston (8-12-16-16-17)

14 Utah (18-16-15-15-12)

15 Houston (16-15-21-14-15)

16 Milwaukee (19-13-13-17-14)

THIRD TIER

17 LA Lakers (1-14-19-20-19)

18 Portland (17-23-17-12-16)

19 Dallas (11-19-20-22-20)

20 Philadelphia (15-10-18-19-18)

21 Toronto (24-27-24-21-22)

22 Detroit (26-25-26-23-21)

23 New Orleans (22-29-29-27-26)

24 Minnesota (20-20-10-18-23)

25 Sacramento (28-26-25-24-25)

26 Phoenix (25-22-23-25-24)

27 Cleveland (21-28-28-28-28)

28 Washington (29-30-30-30-29)

29 Orlando (27-24-22-26-27)

30 Charlotte (30-21-27-29-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston (4 spots), Indiana and New Orleans (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Golden State (6 spots)

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

1 SOUTHWEST 64

2 NORTHWEST 65

3 ATLANTIC 68

4 PACIFIC 82

5 CENTRAL 83

6 SOUTHEAST 103

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 211

2 EAST 254