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 (2-1-1-1)

2 Atlanta (10-4-2-2)

SECOND TIER

3 Memphis (1-5-4-3)

THIRD TIER

4 Toronto (3-2-9-5)

5 Houston (6-9-6-6)

6 Portland (4-3-3-9)

7 Dallas (7-7-5-7)

8 San Antonio (5-13-11-10)

9 LA Clippers (8-10-8-4)

10 Chicago (11-8-10-11)

11 Cleveland (13-11-14-12)

12 Washington (9-6-7-8)

FOURTH TIER

13 Milwaukee (14-15-13-15)

14 Oklahoma City (22-17-15-16)

15 New Orleans (18-14-16-14)

16 Phoenix (12-12-12-13)

FIFTH TIER

17 Charlotte (28-25-20-18)

18 Miami (16-18-18-17)

19 Indiana (19-21-23-25)

20 Boston (24-23-25-24)

21 Detroit (29-27-19-19)

22 Brooklyn (20-16-22-20)

23 Utah (23-22-24-22)

24 Denver (17-19-17-21)

25 Sacramento (15-20-21-23)

SIXTH TIER

26 Orlando (21-24-26-26)

SEVENTH TIER

27 Philadelphia (30-28-28-28)

28 LA Lakers (27-26-27-27)

29 Minnesota (25-29-29-29)

30 New York (26-30-30-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Indiana (6 spots), Boston (4 spots), Portland (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: LA Clippers (5 spots), Washington (4 spots), Denver and Phoenix (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 SOUTHWEST 38

2 CENTRAL 74

3 SOUTHEAST 75

4 PACIFIC 79

5 NORTHWEST 96

6 ATLANTIC 103

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 213

2 EAST 252