Monday, April 1, 2013

NBA power rankings for start of April



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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Sacramento (6 spots), Golden State (5 spots), Minnesota (4 spots), Philadelphia (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Cleveland (6 spots), Detroit (4 spots), Boston and Toronto (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 SOUTHWEST 61
2 NORTHWEST 66
3 ATLANTIC 75
4 PACIFIC 79
5 CENTRAL 91
6 SOUTHEAST 93
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
1 WEST 206
2 EAST 259

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