NBA power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (2-1-1)

2 Atlanta (10-4-2)

SECOND TIER

3 Memphis (1-5-4)

THIRD TIER

4 LA Clippers (8-10-8)

5 Toronto (3-2-9)

6 Houston (6-9-6)

7 Dallas (7-7-5)

8 Washington (9-6-7)

9 Portland (4-3-3)

10 San Antonio (5-13-11)

11 Chicago (11-8-10)

FOURTH TIER

12 Cleveland (13-11-14)

13 Phoenix (12-12-12)

14 New Orleans (18-14-16)

15 Milwaukee (14-15-13)

FIFTH TIER

16 Oklahoma City (22-17-15)

17 Miami (16-18-18)

18 Charlotte (28-25-20)

SIXTH TIER

19 Detroit (29-27-19)

20 Brooklyn (20-16-22)

21 Denver (17-19-17)

22 Utah (23-22-24)

23 Sacramento (15-20-21)

24 Boston (24-23-25)

25 Indiana (19-21-23)

SEVENTH TIER

26 Orlando (21-24-26)

27 LA Lakers (27-26-27)

EIGHTH TIER

28 Philadelphia (30-28-28)

29 Minnesota (25-29-29)

30 New York (26-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: LA Clippers and Toronto (4 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Portland (6 spots), Denver (4 spots)

 

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

 

1 SOUTHWEST 40

2 PACIFIC 68

3 SOUTHEAST 71

4 CENTRAL 82

5 NORTHWEST 97

6 ATLANTIC 107

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 205

2 EAST 260