As the NBA heads into the final week of the regular season, all eight playoff seeds have been clinched but that actual seeding order of the teams is still very much in question. The LA Lakers have the best record in the conference and are one win away from locking up the top seed. At 52-27, Denver has a ½ game lead over Phoenix and Dallas for the second seed. Utah is currently 51-28 and one game … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings April 2, 2010
With less than two weeks to go in the regular season things still remain to close to call in the West. The Los Angeles Lakers are on top and should be the number one seed in the upcoming playoffs. They have a record of 54-21 and a five game lead over red hot Phoenix (49-26) in the Pacific division. Their lead in the conference is 4 ½ games over Dallas and Utah. The Mavericks lead San Antonio in … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings March 27, 2010
With less than 10 games to play in the regular season things still remain to close to call in the West. The Los Angeles Lakers are on top and should be the number one seed in the upcoming playoffs. They have a record of 53-18 and an eight game lead over Phoenix (45-26) in the Pacific division. Their lead in the conference is 6 ½ games over Denver, Dallas, and Utah. The Mavericks have lost three … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings March 19, 2010
With less than a month less to go in the regular season things continue to remain close in the West. The Los Angeles Lakers are still on top with a record of 50-18 and have an eight game lead over Phoenix (42-26) in the Pacific division, but their lead in the conference is just 3 ½ games over Denver. The Mavericks 13 game winning streak came to an end, but they still lead San Antonio in the … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings March 12, 2010
As we end into the home stretch of the regular season things are starting to heat up in the West. The Los Angeles Lakers are still on top with a record of 47-18 and have a seven game lead over Phoenix (40-25) in the Pacific division, but their lead in the conference is down to just 2 ½ games over Dallas. The red hot Mavericks have won 13 games in a row and lead San Antonio in the Southwest by six … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings March 5, 2010
As we enter the final month and a half of the NBA’s regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers are 46-16 and still have a firm grip on the Western Conference with a five game lead over the Dallas Mavericks for the number one spot as well as an eight game lead over Phoenix (39-25) in the Pacific division. Denver at 40-21 still has a battle on their hands in the Northwest division as Utah (39-22) is … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings February 26, 2010
As we enter the final two months of the NBA’s regular season, the Los Angeles Lakers are 43-15 and still have a firm grip on the Western Conference with a 4 ½ lead over the Denver Nuggets for the number one spot as well as a 7 ½ game lead over Phoenix (36-23) in the Pacific division. The Nuggets at 38-19 still have a battle on their hands in the Northwest division as Utah (37-20) is only one game … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings February 19, 2010
With the NBA All-Star weekend in the books, the stretch run for the post season is underway. The Los Angeles Lakers have the best record in the conference at 42-14 and a 10 game lead over Phoenix (32-23) in the Pacific division. Denver (36-18) has a one game lead in the Northwest division over Utah (34-19). Oklahoma City (31-21) is 3 ½ games back and Portland (32-24) is 4 ½ back. In the Southwest … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings February 12, 2010
Heading into the NBA All-Star weekend, the Los Angeles Lakers have the best record in the conference at 41-13 and a 9 ½ game lead over Phoenix (31-22) in the Pacific division. Denver (35-18) has a two game lead in the Northwest division over Utah (32-19). Oklahoma City (30-21) is four games back and Portland (31-24) is five back. In the Southwest division, Dallas(32-20) leads San Antonio (30-21) … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings February 5, 2010
A week before the NBA All-Star break not much has changed in the Western Conference. The LA Lakers are still on top as they have been all season long. At 38-12 they have a 4 ½ game lead in the conference and an 8 ½ game lead over 30-21 Phoenix in the Pacific division. Denver is second in the conference with a record of 33-16. They have a 2 ½ game lead over 30-18 Utah and a four game lead over … [Read more...]