NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Houston (3-3-3-3-2)

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

3 Cleveland (5-2-4-6-11)

4 Toronto (9-7-6-5-3)

5 Boston (2-4-2-2-4)

SECOND TIER

6 Washington (8-12-9-9-7)

7 Milwaukee (16-11-14-15-8)

8 Indiana (22-16-18-18-13)

9 San Antonio (6-5-5-4-5)

10 Denver (10-9-12-12-12)

11 Portland (13-8-13-13-10)

12 Minnesota (7-14-7-7-6)

13 Oklahoma City (18-19-10-11-9)

14 Philadelphia (15-10-17-17-17)

15 LA Clippers (24-23-19-16-16)

16 Utah (19-13-20-23-19)

17 New Orleans (12-15-15-14-15)

18 Detroit (4-6-8-10-18)

19 Miami (20-18-11-8-14)

THIRD TIER

20 LA Lakers (21-21-29-27-21)

21 Charlotte (23-22-24-24-20)

22 Orlando (11-20-28-29-28)

23 Atlanta (30-28-30-30-29)

24 Sacramento (28-26-26-28-30)

25 New York (17-17-16-22-22)

26 Chicago (27-30-21-21-24)

27 Brooklyn (26-25-25-25-26)

28 Memphis (14-27-27-26-23)

29 Dallas (29-29-23-20-27)

30 Phoenix (25-24-22-19-25)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland (8 spots), Atlanta, Orlando and Sacramento (6 spots), Indiana (5 spots), Philadelphia and Utah (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Minnesota (6 spots), Miami, Memphis and Phoenix (5 spots), Oklahoma City and San Antonio (4 spots), New York (3 spots)

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

1 EAST 228

2 WEST 237