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NBA Power Rankings Update: The Houston Rockets Soar to the Top

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Teams Ranked 30th to 21st

The Los Angeles Lakers slip back down to the bottom tier, and everyone else continues to suck in equal measure.

RankingTeamRecordnERDLast RankingPlus/Minus
30Phoenix Suns19-5321.0300
29Sacramento Kings23-4925.4290
28Chicago Bulls24-4730.227-1
27Memphis Grizzlies19-5230.8281
26Atlanta Hawks21-5032.4260
25Brooklyn Nets23-4934.1250
24Orlando Magic21-5034.7240
23New York Knicks26-4637.4230
22Dallas Mavericks22-4941.4220
21Los Angeles Lakers31-3946.420-1


Risers

That's it. No one in this tier gets to be called a riser anymore. I mean, the Memphis Grizzlies have lost 21 of their last 22 games and they never even lost any ground in our rankings this week for crying out loud. The only place any of these teams should be considered risers is on Tankathon.com.

Fallers

The Lakers have lost three in a row and slip back into the bottom tier of our rankings. They don't own their pick this year, and we give them a 0.0% chance of making the playoffs, so all this means literally nothing.