Sunday, February 4, 2018

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)

2 Houston (3-3-3-3)

3 Toronto (9-7-6-5)

4 Boston (2-4-2-2)

SECOND TIER

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

6 Minnesota (7-14-7-7)

7 Washington (8-12-9-9)

8 Milwaukee (16-11-14-15)

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

10 Portland (13-8-13-13)

11 Cleveland (5-2-4-6)

12 Denver (10-9-12-12)

13 Indiana (22-16-18-18)

14 Miami (20-18-11-8)

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

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

17 Philadelphia (15-10-17-17)

18 Detroit (4-6-8-10)

THIRD TIER

19 Utah (19-13-20-23)

20 Charlotte (23-22-24-24)

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

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

23 Memphis (14-27-27-26)

24 Chicago (27-30-21-21)

25 Phoenix (25-24-22-19)

26 Brooklyn (26-25-25-25)

27 Dallas (29-29-23-20)

28 Orlando (11-20-28-29)

29 Atlanta (30-28-30-30)

30 Sacramento (28-26-26-28)


BIGGEST RISERS: Milwaukee (7 spots), LA Lakers (6 spots), Indiana (5 spots), Charlotte and Utah (4 spots), Memphis and Portland (3 spots)


BIGGEST FALLERS: Detroit (8 spots), Dallas (7 spots), Miami and Phoenix (6 spots), Cleveland (5 spots), Chicago (3 spots)


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


1 WEST 221

2 EAST 244

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