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NBA Power Rankings (Mar. 24)

NBA power rankings plus ratings for each week of the 2010 NBA season by Cappers Picks nba basketball betting experts…

2010 NBA Hoops Power Ratings

Each week during the heart of the NBA season, and once or twice during the NBA Preseason, we’ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the NBA Power rankings. We check out the stats, looks at the records, and, most importantly, we take a close, close look at the heart of each team. We encourage you to come back each week and see how the nba Power Rankings have changed.

NBA Power Rankings will be updated by Friday every week. Be sure to visit our home page for more articles and NBA analysis.

Its with this knowledge that we can then deliver to you The NBA WEEKLY Power Rankings!

Power Rankings

NBA Power Rankings
This Week Last Week Comment
1 1 Cleveland Cavaliers So that trade deadline deal was actually Ilgauskas for Jamison and Ilgauskas
2 2 Los Angeles Lakers Strained Achilles tendon latest second-half Bynum injury
3 4 Orlando Magic Next Dwight Howard T gets him a one-game suspension
4 5 Denver Nuggets Lawson’s return from injury creates tough decision at backup PG — Lawson or Carter?
5 3 Dallas Mavericks Los Mavs play hard every night. What happens in playoffs when everyone does? Just wondering
6 6 Atlanta Hawks Don’t even vote. Jamal Crawford is league’s best 6th man by a large margin
7 7 Utah Jazz 43-24-3 against the spread this season
8 10 Phoenix Suns Six straight games against weak teams give Suns a leg up on Utah for 4th seed in Western Conference playoffs
9 13 Boston Celtics Celtics have responded well to intense criticism in Boston media and talk shows
10 9 Oklahoma City Thunder 4-game homestand (San Antonio, Houston, Lakers, Portland) good test-run for playoffs
11 8 Portland Trail Blazers Brandon Roy a combined 12 for 43 from field in consecutive games. He may be wearing down
12 11 Milwaukee Bucks Public hasn’t caught up to Bucks yet — they got 10 at Denver last week and won outright
13 12 San Antonio Spurs Parker working out, planning on returning for final week of regular season
14 14 Memphis Grizzlies Marc Gasol’s neck injury comes just as Grizz are trying to make up ground and steal 8th playoff spot
15 15  Miami Heat Michael Beasley not developing fast enough to suit the fan base
16 16 Charlotte Bobcats Can Jordan, who blew it on Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison, do any better with the Bobcats?
17 17 Toronto Raptors Toronto media demanding benching of of lazy-boy Andrea Bargnani
18 18 New Orleans Hornets Bottom line — Hornets just could not compete on the road
19 19 Houston Rockets Rockets’ top offseason priority is bolstering the back end of the rotation
20 20 Chicago Bulls Still talking playoffs, but they have as much chance as Clottey had against Pacquiao
21 23 New York Knicks Except for the game they mailed in in Boston, Knicks have been competitive over last few weeks
22 21 Los Angeles Clippers Fade the. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them.
23 27 Indiana Pacers Jim O’Brien cut his teeth as a solid defensive coach, but Pacers give up more points than all but 6 other teams
24 24 Philadelphia 76ers Sixers’ slide started when they made no effort to keep PG Andre Miller
25 26 Sacramento Kings Kings hoping that they can keep young players together and eventually be Western Conference version of the Hawks
26 22 Detroit Pistons Bettors take notice: Pistons say they will go with kids the rest of the way
27 25  Washington Wizards Question: Is Blatche the real deal, or just getting numbers on a bad team?
28 28 Golden State Warriors Scientific fact: Watching these guys sometimes produces migraine headaches
29 29 Minnesota Timberwolves Sign of life from Milicic — 16, 12 and a block in 28 minutes against the Lakers
30 30 New Jersey Nets 3 possible wins to avoid worst record ever — Kings 3/24, Pistons 3/26, Bulls 4/9. All at home


X–Team with the best chance of cracking Top 20
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Y–Team with the best chance of falling out of the Top 20

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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.

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