NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

SIXTH TIER

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

SEVENTH TIER

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (4 spots), Detroit and Orlando (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Boston (5 spots), Dallas, Oklahoma City, Sacramento and San Antonio (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 218

2 EAST 247