NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

SECOND TIER

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

SIXTH TIER

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

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

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

SEVENTH TIER

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

EIGHTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Portland and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Utah (5 spots), Denver (3 spots)

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

1 EAST 231

2 WEST 234