With a big win over San Antonio last night, Boston has now won six straight games moving their record to 15-4 and opening up an 8 ½ game lead in the Atlantic division. Orlando is on a four game winning streak and is tied with Boston for the best record in the conference. They have a 1 ½ game lead over 13-5 Atlanta and a 4 ½ game lead over 10-8 Miami in the conference’s most competitive division, … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings November 27, 2009
With Phoenix’s win over the Grizzlies on Wednesday night they moved to 12-3 which is the best record in the Western Conference and have a ½ game lead over the L.A. Lakers in the Pacific division. Denver and Portland each have a three game winning streak and are tied atop the Northwest division. The Trail Blazer’s record is 12-5, while the Nuggets have played two less games and are 11-4. Dallas has … [Read more...]
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings November 27, 2009
Boston has won their last two games to take their record to 11-4 and has now opened a 4 ½ game lead over 7-9 Toronto in the Atlantic division. Cleveland is 11-4 and on a three game winning streak. They have a two game lead over Milwaukee in the Central division who is now 8-5 after losing their last two. Orlando had an up and down week after losing to Miami on Wednesday night, but came back to … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings November 20, 2009
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings Despite losing to the Hornets last night the Phoenix Suns still have the best record in the Western Conference at 10-3 and have a ½ game lead over the Los Angeles Lakers, who are 2-2 in their last four games in the Pacific division. Dallas has jumped out to a two game lead over the Houston Rockets in the Southwest Division after winning four straight. San … [Read more...]
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings November 20, 2009
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings With a six game winning streak the Atlanta Hawks now have the best record in the Eastern Conference at 10-2. They currently have a one game lead over Orlando and two game lead over Miami in the highly competitive Southeast division. Milwaukee continues to look impressive in the early part of this season and at 6-3 are keeping pace with the Central division … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings November 13, 2009
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings The defending World Champion Los Angeles Lakers are making an early statement not only in the Western Conference but throughout the entire league riding a six game winning streak that has them on top of Pacific division with a 7-1 record with Phoenix in second at 8-2. In no big surprise, Kobe Bryant is leading the league in scoring, averaging 33 points per … [Read more...]
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings November 13, 2009
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings The Cleveland Cavaliers, after a shaky 3-3 start are back near the top of the power rankings in the Eastern Conference after impressive back to back wins over Orlando and Miami running their record to 6-3. The top team in the conference, the Boston Celtics suffered their first defeat of the year falling to the Phoenix Suns 110-103 last Friday night. Another … [Read more...]
NBA Eastern Conference Power Rankings November 6, 2009
The first full week of the NBA season is in the books and so far in the Eastern Conference there have been some very predictable results as well as some surprises. With a healthy Kevin Garnett back battling on the boards along with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen leading the team in scoring, the Celtics are off to a 6-0 start. On the other hand, Cleveland has stumbled out of the gate with a 3-3 record … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings November 6, 2009
A week into the 2009/2010 season, the Denver Nuggets are leading the way in the Western Conference jumping out to a 5-0 start. Carmelo Anthony and Chauncey Billups are serving early notice to the Lakers that this season will not be a one team race for the conference title. The Lakers are currently tied with Phoenix in the Pacific at 4-1 and along with Dallas and Houston in the Southwest at 3-2; … [Read more...]
NBA Western Conference Power Rankings
The Los Angeles Lakers began defense of their NBA title on Tuesday night against the other team in town, the L.A. Clippers. The Clippers, without their rookie star Blake Griffin, who is out with a knee injury kept this game close, but fell 99-92 to the champions. Ron Artest made his debut for the Lakers adding 10 points and 5 rebounds in the win. The other conference game for opening day featured … [Read more...]