NBA power rankings for mid-February

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Golden State (1-7-4-5-1)

2 Milwaukee (3-2-3-1-2)

3 Toronto (2-1-1-2-3)

4 Denver (8-5-2-4-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Oklahoma City (6-4-7-7-11)

6 Boston (11-11-9-11-9)

7 Indiana (9-13-5-3-5)

8 Philadelphia (10-6-6-6-6)

THIRD TIER

9 Portland (4-12-13-9-7)

10 San Antonio (15-20-18-10-8)

11 Houston (14-15-17-8-10)

12 Utah (18-22-20-17-12)

13 LA Clippers (5-3-10-12-15)

14 Sacramento (19-18-16-14-16)

15 Brooklyn (23-26-24-22-14)

16 LA Lakers (13-8-8-13-13)

17 Detroit (16-9-14-20-21)

18 Orlando (17-19-19-23-23)

19 Minnesota (22-17-22-21-19)

20 Dallas (21-14-11-18-20)

21 Charlotte (20-21-21-15-17)

22 Miami (24-23-23-16-18)

23 New Orleans (12-16-15-24-24)

24 Washington (25-24-25-25-22)

25 Memphis (7-10-12-19-25)

THIRD TIER

26 Atlanta (29-27-29-26-26)

FOURTH TIER

27 Chicago (26-28-27-27-28)

28 New York (27-25-26-29-29)

29 Cleveland (30-29-28-30-30)

30 Phoenix (28-30-30-28-27)

BIGGEST RISERS: Oklahoma City (6 spots), Orlando (5 spots), Detroit (4 spots), Boston (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Charlotte and Miami (4 spots), LA Lakers (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 212

2 EAST 253