NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

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

FIRST TIER

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

2 Indiana (1-1-2-1-2)

SECOND TIER

3 Miami (2-5-3-4-5)

4 San Antonio (3-4-4-2-4)

THIRD TIER

5 Houston (6-6-7-8-7)

6 LA Clippers (7-7-6-7-6)

7 Portland (4-3-5-5-3)

FOURTH TIER

8 Dallas (10-11-10-9-11)

9 Phoenix (13-9-8-10-8)

10 Memphis (15-17-17-16-10)

11 Golden State (9-10-9-6-9)

12 Toronto (21-23-15-11-13)

13 Chicago (18-20-22-14-14)

14 Brooklyn (25-24-24-22-18)

15 Atlanta (12-13-11-13-12)

16 Minnesota (14-14-13-17-16)

17 Washington (17-21-14-15-17)

18 Denver (8-8-16-12-15)

19 New Orleans (16-12-12-18-20)

20 Charlotte (19-19-18-23-19)

21 Detroit (20-18-19-20-22)

FIFTH TIER

22 New York (28-27-27-19-21)

23 Utah (30-30-29-24-23)

24 Cleveland (26-22-28-26-24)

25 Boston (23-15-20-28-28)

26 Sacramento (27-26-25-21-26)

27 LA Lakers (11-16-21-27-25)

SIXTH TIER

28 Orlando (22-25-23-29-29)

29 Philadelphia (24-28-26-25-27)

SEVENTH TIER

30 Milwaukee (29-29-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Brooklyn (4 spots), Boston and Dallas (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Portland (4 spots), Atlanta and Denver (3 spots)

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

1 SOUTHWEST 46

2 NORTHWEST 65

3 PACIFIC 80

4 SOUTHEAST 83

5 CENTRAL 90

6 ATLANTIC 102

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 189

2 EAST 275