NBA power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

THIRD TIER

3 Cleveland (3-3-3-3)

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

FOURTH TIER

5 Toronto (8-9-8-6)

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

FIFTH TIER

7 Memphis (11-14-15-11)

8 Dallas (9-13-11-9)

9 Boston (15-10-13-15)

10 Miami (5-11-10-10)

11 Chicago (7-5-7-7)

12 Atlanta (12-16-5-8)

13 Indiana (4-6-12-12)

14 Detroit (19-15-14-14)

15 Houston (22-17-19-13)

16 Portland (21-19-20-20)

17 Charlotte (10-7-16-19)

18 Washington (23-22-17-16)

19 Utah (14-18-21-21)

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

21 Orlando (16-12-9-17)

22 Sacramento (25-25-22-22)

23 Milwaukee (26-26-24-23)

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

25 Denver (24-23-25-24)

SIXTH TIER

26 Brooklyn (28-27-27-26)

27 Minnesota (18-24-26-27)

28 Phoenix (17-20-28-28)

SEVENTH TIER

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

30 Philadelphia (30-30-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Boston (6 spots), Memphis and Portland (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta, Chicago and Orlando (4 spots)

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

1 EAST 232

2 WEST 233