By Rick Morris
NOTES: Rankings from start of
season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 Golden State
(1-7-4-5)
2 Milwaukee
(3-2-3-1)
3 Toronto
(2-1-1-2)
4 Denver (8-5-2-4)
5 Indiana
(9-13-5-3)
6 Philadelphia
(10-6-6-6)
SECOND TIER
7 Portland
(4-12-13-9)
8 San Antonio
(15-20-18-10)
9 Boston
(11-11-9-11)
10 Houston
(14-15-17-8)
11 Oklahoma
City (6-4-7-7)
12 Utah
(18-22-20-17)
13 LA Lakers
(13-8-8-13)
14 Brooklyn
(23-26-24-22)
15 LA Clippers
(5-3-10-12)
16 Sacramento
(19-18-16-14)
17 Charlotte
(20-21-21-15)
18 Miami
(24-23-23-16)
19 Minnesota
(22-17-22-21)
20 Dallas
(21-14-11-18)
21 Detroit
(16-9-14-20)
22 Washington
(25-24-25-25)
23 Orlando
(17-19-19-23)
24 New Orleans
(12-16-15-24)
25 Memphis
(7-10-12-19)
THIRD TIER
26 Atlanta
(29-27-29-26)
FOURTH TIER
27 Phoenix
(28-30-30-28)
28 Chicago
(26-28-27-27)
29 New York
(27-25-26-29)
30 Cleveland
(30-29-28-30)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Brooklyn (8 spots), Utah (5 spots), Golden State (4 spots), Washington (3
spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Memphis (6 spots), Oklahoma City (4 spots), LA Clippers (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
– 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 WEST 212
2 EAST 253
