NBA power rankings for mid-January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Milwaukee (2-2-1)

SECOND TIER

2 LA Lakers (1-1-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Denver (4-9-3)

4 Miami (5-4-4)

5 LA Clippers (7-5-6)

6 Boston (6-6-5)

FOURTH TIER

7 Utah (12-12-9)

8 Toronto (3-8-8)

9 Indiana (11-11-12)

10 Dallas (9-7-10)

11 Houston (10-10-7)

12 Philadelphia (8-3-11)

FIFTH TIER

13 Oklahoma City (19-18-13)

14 Memphis (25-24-20)

15 Orlando (18-15-17)

16 San Antonio (23-20-15)

17 Phoenix (16-14-18)

18 Brooklyn (14-13-14)

19 Portland (20-22-16)

20 New Orleans (26-26-25)

21 Minnesota (13-19-22)

22 Sacramento (17-16-23)

23 Detroit (22-17-24)

24 Chicago (15-23-19)

25 Charlotte (21-21-21)

26 Washington (24-25-27)

27 Cleveland (27-28-26)

28 New York (29-29-28)

29 Atlanta (28-27-30)

SIXTH TIER

30 Golden State (30-30-29)

BIGGEST RISERS: Memphis (6 spots), New Orleans (5 spots), Indiana (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago (5 spots), Brooklyn, Charlotte, Houston (4 spots), Portland (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 210

2 EAST 255