NBA power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Golden State

2 Cleveland

3 San Antonio

SECOND TIER

4 LA Clippers

THIRD TIER

5 Toronto

6 Chicago

7 Memphis

8 Boston

9 Houston

10 Oklahoma City

11 Utah

12 Charlotte

13 Atlanta

FOURTH TIER

14 Indiana

15 Milwaukee

16 Los Angeles Lakers

17 Portland

18 Detroit

19 New York

FIFTH TIER

20 Denver

21 Orlando

22 New Orleans

23 Washington

24 Sacramento

SIXTH TIER

25 Minnesota

26 Phoenix

27 Miami

28 Brooklyn

29 Dallas

30 Philadelphia

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

1 WEST 224

2 EAST 241