NBA power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Golden State

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio 

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland

FOURTH TIER

4 Indiana

5 Miami

6 Oklahoma City

7 Chicago

8 Toronto

9 Dallas

10 Charlotte

11 Memphis

12 Atlanta

13 LA Clippers

14 Utah

15 Boston

16 Orlando

FIFTH TIER

17 Phoenix

18 Minnesota

19 Detroit

20 New York

21 Portland

22 Houston

23 Washington

SIXTH TIER

24 Denver

25 Sacramento

26 Milwaukee

SEVENTH TIER

27 New Orleans

28 Brooklyn

EIGHTH TIER

29 LA Lakers

NINTH TIER

30 Philadelphia

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

1 EAST 226

2 WEST 239