NBA power rankings for start of February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-1-2-2)

2 San Antonio (3-2-3-3)

3 Cleveland (2-3-1-1)

4 Houston (9-4-4-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Boston (8-10-9-7)

6 LA Clippers (4-6-6-5)

7 Utah (11-7-7-8)

8 Toronto (5-5-5-6)

9 Washington (23-17-12-13)

10 Atlanta (13-18-13-9)

11 Memphis (7-8-11-10)

12 Oklahoma City (10-9-8-11)

THIRD TIER

13 Indiana (14-14-20-15)

14 Chicago (6-15-16-16)

15 Denver (20-21-18-23)

16 Charlotte (12-11-10-14)

17 Milwaukee (15-12-14-12)

18 New York (19-13-15-17)

19 Portland (17-19-23-19)

20 Detroit (18-16-21-22)

21 Minnesota (25-26-24-24)

22 Miami (27-24-26-29)

23 Dallas (29-29-28-28)

24 Philadelphia (30-30-29-25)

25 New Orleans (22-25-22-18)

26 Orlando (21-20-19-21)

27 Sacramento (24-22-17-20)

28 Phoenix (26-27-27-27)

29 Los Angeles Lakers (16-23-25-26)

FOURTH TIER

30 Brooklyn (28-28-30-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (8 spots), Miami (7 spots), Dallas (5 spots), Washington (4 spots), Minnesota (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Orleans and Sacramento (7 spots), Milwaukee and Orlando (5 spots), Los Angeles (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 230

2 EAST 249