By Rick Morris
NOTE: Previous
periods’ rankings in parentheses, start of season to present.
FIRST TIER
1 Miami
(2-1-3-6-4-4-2)
2 San Antonio (4-3-5-3-1-1-1)
3 Oklahoma City
(3-5-1-1-2-2-3)
4 Memphis (6-4-7-4-7-6-5)
5 Denver (12-18-14-9-9-7-6)
6 LA Clippers
(5-7-4-2-3-3-4)
SECOND TIER
7 Indiana
(7-17-12-8-11-8-7)
8 New York (10-2-2-7-6-5-8)
9 Brooklyn
(14-6-11-10-10-9-10)
10 Atlanta (13-9-8-11-13-12-9)
11 Boston
(8-12-16-16-17-13-12)
12 Houston
(16-15-21-14-15-15-15)
13 Chicago
(9-11-9-13-8-10-11)
14 Golden State
(23-8-9-6-5-5-11-13)
15 LA Lakers
(1-14-19-20-19-17-16)
16 Utah (18-16-15-15-12-14-14)
17 Milwaukee
(19-13-13-17-14-16-17)
THIRD TIER
18 Dallas (11-19-20-22-20-19-18)
19 Portland (17-23-17-12-16-18-19)
FOURTH TIER
20 Toronto (24-27-24-21-22-21-20)
21 Cleveland
(21-28-28-28-28-27-23)
22 Detroit
(26-25-26-23-21-22-21)
23 Philadelphia
(15-10-18-19-18-20-22)
24 Washington
(29-30-30-30-29-28-24)
25 New Orleans (22-29-29-27-26-23-25)
26 Phoenix (25-22-23-25-24-26-26)
27 Sacramento
(28-26-25-24-25-25-27)
28 Minnesota
(20-20-10-18-23-24-28)
FIFTH TIER
29 Orlando
(27-24-22-26-27-29-29)
SIXTH TIER
30 Charlotte (30-21-27-29-30-30-30)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Houston (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: none more than 3 spots
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM,
LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 SOUTHWEST 61
2T NORTHWEST 71
2T ATLANTIC 71
4 CENTRAL 80
5 PACIFIC 88
6 SOUTHEAST 94
RANKINGS BY
CONFERENCE
1 WEST 220
2 EAST 245
