NBA power rankings for start of March

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Milwaukee (2-2-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 LA Lakers (1-1-2-2)

THIRD TIER

3 Denver (4-9-3-6)

4 LA Clippers (7-5-6-5)

5 Toronto (3-8-8-3)

6 Boston (6-6-5-4)

7 Houston (10-10-7-9)

8 Utah (12-12-9-7)

9 Miami (5-4-4-8)

10 Oklahoma City (19-18-13-13)

11 Indiana (11-11-12-12)

12 Dallas (9-7-10-10)

13 Philadelphia (8-3-11-11)

FOURTH TIER

14 Memphis (25-24-20-14)

FIFTH TIER

15 New Orleans (26-26-25-15)

16 Brooklyn (14-13-14-16)

17 Orlando (18-15-17-18)

18 Sacramento (17-16-23-21)

19 San Antonio (23-20-15-17)

20 Portland (20-22-16-19)

SIXTH TIER

21 Phoenix (16-14-18-20)

22 Washington (24-25-27-22)

23 Charlotte (21-21-21-24)

24 Chicago (15-23-19-23)

25 Detroit (22-17-24-26)

26 Atlanta (28-27-30-28)

27 Minnesota (13-19-22-25)

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

29 Cleveland (27-28-26-29)

SEVENTH TIER

30 Golden State (30-30-29-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver, Oklahoma City and Sacramento (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: none as many as 3 spots

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

1 WEST 210

2 EAST 255