NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 San Antonio (2-2-2-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3-3)

4 Oklahoma City (6-4-4-4-4)

FOURTH TIER

5 Toronto (8-9-8-6-5)

6 LA Clippers (13-8-6-5-6)

FIFTH TIER

7 Memphis (11-14-15-11-7)

8 Boston (15-10-13-15-9)

9 Miami (5-11-10-10-10)

10 Atlanta (12-16-5-8-12)

11 Charlotte (10-7-16-19-17)

12 Indiana (4-6-12-12-13)

13 Portland (21-19-20-20-16)

14 Utah (14-18-21-21-19)

15 Dallas (9-13-11-9-8)

16 Chicago (7-5-7-7-11)

17 Detroit (19-15-14-14-14)

18 Houston (22-17-19-13-15)

SIXTH TIER

19 Washington (23-22-17-16-18)

20 Orlando (16-12-9-17-21)

21 Denver (24-23-25-24-25)

22 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23-23)

23 Sacramento (25-25-22-22-22)

24 New York (20-21-18-18-20)

25 New Orleans (27-28-23-25-24)

SEVENTH TIER

26 Minnesota (18-24-26-27-27)

27 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26-26)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28-28)

EIGHTH TIER

29 LA Lakers (29-29-29-29-29)

NINTH TIER

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Charlotte (6 spots), Utah (5 spots), Denver (4 spots), Portland (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (7 spots), Chicago (5 spots), New York (4 spots), Detroit and Houston (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 232

2 EAST 233