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TEAM (LAST WK) | REC. | BREAKDOWN | |
6 | Dallas (3) | 9-4 | Off: 114.0 (2), Def: 107.7 (18) -- The Mavs have the second best offense in the league, but as the fourth quarter in Milwaukee showed, their defense will fail them at times. |
7 | Milwaukee (15) | 7-4 | Off: 108.4 (13), Def: 108.9 (21) -- The Bucks are Redd hot, having won five straight, but seven of their next nine are on the road, where they're 1-4. |
8 | New Orleans (5) | 10-5 | Off: 107.6 (15), Def: 103.0 (4) -- The Hornets are the anti-Mavs. Their defense is very good, but their offense can become stagnant at times, like in Friday's loss in Utah. |
9 | Detroit (9) | 8-5 | Off: 109.7 (9), Def: 105.9 (15) -- Sunday's defeat at the hands of the Jazz was the Pistons' first loss at home. Getting Rasheed back for Wednesday's matchup with the Cavs could help delay No. 2. |
10 | Denver (7) | 9-5 | Off: 106.4 (16), Def: 100.7 (2) -- The Nuggets' two losses this week were both on the road on the second night of a back-to-back. Still, they got their tails kicked in Houston on Saturday. |
11 | Cleveland (13) | 8-6 | Off: 107.9 (14), Def: 109.1 (22) -- Maybe we should start a page like this for LeBron. Sunday makes four on the season, including two straight, and 14 for his career. |
12 | Toronto (12) | 7-7 | Off: 109.2 (11), Def: 105.2 (13) -- In T.J. Ford's absence, Jose Calderon has averaged 11.7 assists and just one turnover over the last three games (two wins). |
13 | Houston (11) | 7-7 | Off: 105.9 (18), Def: 103.5 (8) -- Their six-game losing streak ended with Saturday's romp over the Nuggets. Interesting quote from Shane Battier: "We're going to be learning well past the All-Star break." |
14 | New Jersey (23) | 7-7 | Off: 96.9 (29), Def: 104.3 (12) -- Vince Carter's return seems to have cured the Nets' offensive woes. They're 7-2 with him in uniform and they just capped a 3-1 trip with a big win over the Lakers. |
15 | L.A. Lakers (8) | 7-6 | Off: 110.4 (8), Def: 105.9 (16) -- The Lakers have dropped three straight with Kobe shooting .383 from the field over the three. Tuesday's matchup with the Sonics should help fix that. |
16 | Golden State (26) | 5-7 | Off: 110.5 (7), Def: 113.0 (30) -- How important is Stephen Jackson to the Warriors? Without him, their defensive rating was an atrocious 119.1. With him, it's a solid 104.4. And the result is an impressive 4-1 road trip. |
17 | Indiana (18) | 6-8 | Off: 105.5 (20), Def: 108.1 (19) -- In these last three games without Jermaine O'Neal, the Pacers beat the Hornets and Mavs, and lost a close one to Cleveland. Let us know if you've figured this team out yet. |
18 | Washington (16) | 6-7 | Off: 109.0 (12), Def: 109.5 (24) -- Can the Wiz hang on for three months without Agent Nacho? They're 3-2 sans Gilbert so far, and their offense has improved greatly while their defense has suffered. Figure that one out too. |
19 | Charlotte (14) | 6-7 | Off: 102.8 (24), Def: 105.9 (14) -- Yeah, they were a successful inbounds pass from beating No. 1, but the Bobcats have now lost three straight, and the next three are on the road. |
20 | L.A. Clippers (17) | 6-6 | Off: 102.8 (23), Def: 106.5 (17) -- Without Corey Maggette, the Clippers are 1-3 and their offense has suffered, but he could be back tonight against Houston. |
21 | Atlanta (25) | 5-7 | Off: 106.1 (17), Def: 108.8 (20) -- Two straight road wins has Sekou Smith thinking, "Why not the Hawks and why not now?" Three of their next four are very winnable. |
22 | Memphis (24) | 4-9 | Off: 109.7 (10), Def: 112.9 (29) -- Rudy Gay = Shawn Marion? I could see it. He's definitely an early Most Improved candidate. Meanwhile, Juan Carlos Navarro has picked up his game as a starter. |
23 | Portland (19) | 5-8 | Off: 104.7 (21), Def: 109.6 (25) -- The Nets ended the Blazers' perfect run at the Rose Garden on Wednesday, but LaMarcus Aldridge's 28 (on 12-of-15) and 12 got them back on track on Friday against the Kings. |
24 | Miami (22) | 3-10 | Off: 98.5 (28), Def: 104.1 (11) -- Is it Shaq? Is it the lack of a point guard? Not enough shooters? It's probably a little bit of everything, but the Heat aren't worrying too much yet. Still, a tough, six-game trip looms. |
25 | Sacramento (21) | 4-9 | Off: 105.7 (19), Def: 111.9 (27) -- Should a team with one of the best individual defenders in the league be ranked 27th defensively? With a bear of an upcoming schedule, I don't see it getting much better. |
26 | New York (28) | 3-9 | Off: 101.4 (25), Def: 109.3 (23) -- After dropping eight straight, the Knicks took advantage of a team (Chicago) that may actually be in more turmoil than they are, at least on the court. The next four don't look too winnable though. |
27 | Philadelphia (20) | 3-9 | Off: 99.8 (27), Def: 104.1 (10) -- The Sixers are down, but they aren't down. Eight of their next 11 at home could help them keep their spirits up. |
28 | Chicago (27) | 2-10 | Off: 92.7 (30), Def: 103.4 (7) -- The Bulls only play two games this week, but it may be the most important week of the season, as they try to turn it around after an ugly 1-5 circus trip. They host Atlanta on Tuesday and Charlotte on Saturday. |
29 | Seattle (29) | 2-12 | Off: 100.9 (26), Def: 110.0 (26) -- They almost got one against the Nets on Friday, but the Sonics are left as the only team in the NBA without a win at home. |
30 | Minnesota (30) | 1-10 | Off: 103.0 (22), Def: 112.5 (28) -- The Wolves scored 35 points in the second quarter against the Hawks Saturday night. Then they scored 24 in the second half. |
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2007-08 Power Rankings: Week 4 | ||||
RANK (LAST WK) | TEAM | REC. | COMMENT | |
1 (1) | Suns | 11-2 | The Suns' formulas have been simple. They're 8-0 since Stoudemire returned from a three-game rest for his knees -- resulting in the league's longest active winning streak -- and 10-0 when scoring 100 points. | |
2 (2) | Spurs | 12-2 | Who says there's nothing to play for in November? After starting 10-3 in no fewer than seven different seasons, San Antonio finally recorded its first 11-2 start in franchise history. That sound you hear is Pop exhaling. | |
3 (4) | Magic | 12-3 | They've beaten the Celtics. They've lost only to Detroit, Phoenix and San Antonio so far. So they've simply got to move up another notch, taking a pretty magical 7-1 road record into a five-game West Coast trip. | |
4 (5) | Celtics | 11-1 | Six wins already by 20 points or more. Three wins already by three points or fewer. And everyone who's been to a home game says that the Celts might have the league's loudest building, too. Happy Thanksgiving, indeed. | |
5 (8) | Jazz | 10-4 | There was no Sheed waiting for Boozer in Detroit and no complaints from the Jazz, either. Not with Detroit serving as merely the first stop in a brutal stretch that will keep Utah on the road for 13 of 18 games. | |
6 (2) | Mavericks | 9-4 | The Mavs are one of only four teams still unbeaten at home thanks to a comeback from 24 points down to Toronto. But resurrections against the Raps and Rockets can't mask the fact that they played poorly all week. | |
7 (15) | Bucks | 7-4 | Biggest surprise in the East this side of Orlando? Can't argue when the Bucks are 6-0 at home, just swept the Cavs, Lakers and Mavs in a 3-0 week and have lost only to teams with a combined record of 37-19. | |
8 (6) | Hornets | 10-5 | The Hornets are predictably struggling to draw crowds of 12,000 in their return to New Orleans, but that's Concern 1B after minor (inevitable?) injuries to Paul (ankle) and Chandler (knee) derailed a 9-2 start. | |
9 (12) | Cavaliers | 8-6 | Big weekend for the Cavs. How big? They were actually 0-2 in LeBron's triple-double games this season before he hit Toronto and Indy with a ridiculous 67 points, 23 rebounds and 22 assists Saturday and Sunday. | |
10 (10) | Pistons | 8-5 | Minor injuries for Billups, Dice and Sheed. Offensive struggles for Rip. Factor in a defense that just allowed 100-plus points in five straight games for the first time in more than six years and you have some sputtering Pistons. | |
11 (7) | Lakers | 7-6 | Surprise, surprise: Kobe's Lakers go to Indy and make a trade right before tip-off . . . but J. O'Neal isn't involved. Then they put up 134 points to rout Indy . . . followed by the season's first alarm-sounding losing streak. | |
12 (11) | Rockets | 7-7 | The Rockets had the misfortune of facing San Antonio and Phoenix in the two games McGrady missed. Fine. But they also absorbed ugly L's in Memphis and Miami with T-Mac in that unexpected six-game skid. | |
13 (9) | Nuggets | 9-5 | The Nuggets expected setbacks in K-Mart's comeback from double microfracture surgery. But then there's Nene, Atkins and Steven Hunter, too. Even by Denver standards, that's a lot of setbacks this soon. | |
14 (13) | Raptors | 7-7 | The latest hits: It sounds as though the Raps won't have the services of their glue guy Garbajosa any time soon . . . and T.J. Ford is ailing, too. The consolation: Chris Bosh is starting to look like Chris Bosh again. | |
15 (20) | Warriors | 5-7 | A 4-1 swing through the East is flat-out historic for the Warriors. Their last winning record on a trip that long came in December 1980, starring two of the committee's all-time favorites: Bernard King and World B. Free. | |
16 (21) | Nets | 7-7 | In the five games Vince missed, New Jersey scored 82, 69, 70, 87 and 75 points and lost them all. With Carter back, New Jersey became the first team to win in Portland this season and are up to 7-2 when VC plays. | |
17 (16) | Wizards | 6-7 | The Wiz are just the third team ever to win five straight games after an 0-5 start. But the loss of Arenas -- and a 13-30 record without Gil coming into the season, including that Cleveland playoff sweep -- overshadows all. | |
18 (19) | Pacers | 6-8 | Lost in the hubbub of LeBron becoming the first player since MJ in 1989 to post back-to-back 30/10/10 games on consecutive days: Indy's narrow loss to Cleveland was its first in four games without Jermaine. | |
19 (18) | Clippers | 6-6 | Just when the Clips were starting to convince folks (a few, anyway) that they might just hang in there without Brand, Maggette tweaks a hammy. Not a pretty sight without Elton and their primary Elton replacement. | |
20 (14) | Bobcats | 6-7 | The Bobcats are a sub-.500 team again after Ray Allen's late triple Saturday night. The pressure is already on, too, because slipping further now will surely be fatal later, with 26 of their final 41 games on the road. | |
21 (24) | Hawks | 5-7 | At this time last week, Atlanta hadn't won a road game since Valentine's Day. But after capitalizing on Miami's ongoing funk and erasing a 21-point deficit in Minnesota, the Hawks can suddenly claim a road winning streak. | |
22 (22) | Trail Blazers | 5-8 | The 0-7 road record looks bad, yes. But the Blazers also stayed unbeaten at home longer than anyone else in the Western Conference aside from San Antonio and Dallas. Which is definitely worth a mention. | |
23 (17) | Heat | 3-10 | It's with good reason Riley says "we're starting to feel the pressure." Only one of the 33 teams in history to open a season 0-5 at home -- like Riley's Heat just did -- finished above .500: Washington at 42-40 in 1997-98. | |
24 (27) | Grizzlies | 4-9 | No. 1 scorer? Leading rebounder? Most in-sync Spaniard? In one of the season's underrated surprises, Pau is none of the above with the Grizz, trailing Rudy Gay, Darko Milicic and Juan Carlos Navarro in those races. | |
25 (23) | Kings | 4-9 | How far have the mighty fallen? When the season began, Sacramento was actually third overall in winning percentage this century at .622 (including the 2000-01 season), behind only San Antonio (.720) and Dallas (.709). | |
26 (29) | Knicks | 3-9 | Dolan must be the most patient New Yorker ever. The Knicks are 88-142 since Isiah Thomas became team president in December 2003, 36-58 with Isiah as head coach and 7-24 since Isiah's contract extension in March. | |
27 (25) | Bulls | 2-10 | Chicago did rally from an 0-9 start in 2004-05 to finish 47-35 and a 3-9 start last season to go 49-33. But those starts almost seem encouraging compared to how bad the Bulls looked on the 1-5 trip they just finished. | |
28 (26) | 76ers | 3-9 | I think we can probably call it the second most memorable quote about practice ever uttered by a Sixer. Says Andre Iguodala of the struggling squad that Allen Iverson left behind: "We suck in practice, too." | |
29 (28) | SuperSonics | 2-12 | The uncertainty is such in Seattle these days that no one knows when young Durant will discover how it feels to simply win a game in Seattle. The Sonics are the league's only winless team left at home at 0-6. | |
30 (30) | Timberwolves | 1-10 | Did Riles give up on Toine too soon? You'll have to ask if this keeps up: Walker is quietly shooting 42.1 percent from the 3-point line for the woeful Wolves, compared to 32.5 percent lifetime and 27.5 percent last season. |
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