Here is another edition of the NBA Power Rankings. The Eastern conference is proving that
it is the NBA’s equivalent of the NFL’s NFC. Maybe even worse. Enjoy.
Rank(Pv) |
Team |
Record |
Comment |
| 1(3) |  |
16-3 | It was only a matter of time before the Spurs got the top spot. I suspect they wont lose it any time soon. |
| 2(4) |  |
11-5 | The T’Wolves swept a pretty difficult West road trip. Looks like they are back to last years form. |
| 3(1) |  |
14-3 | They bounced back from a home loss to Minnesota by destroying the Trail Blazers in Portland. They’ve won 9 out of their last 10. |
| 4(2) |  |
15-3 | Avenged their loss in Portland by beating the Blazers in Seattle 3 days later. Back to back road games vs. the Spurs and Mavs are next. |
| 5(6) |  |
12-5 | Same old Kings. Score 100.3 per game, give up 99.9. They’re winning now, but they’ll have to improve defensively to keep winning out west. |
| 6(5) |  |
12-7 | Nowitzki needs help. With Finley hurt and Stackhouse shooting a career low 36.8%, Dirk could have a few more 50 pt. games. |
| 7(10) |  |
11-6 | Heres an interesting stat. James is shooting 50% from the field while C Ilgauskas is shooting about 47%. Somebody tell Lebron he is a 2nd year player. |
| 8(11) |  |
11-7 | Just for fun, imagine where the Clips would be with Kobe Bryant. I know kinda scary. |
| 9(13) |  |
10-7 | I wanna say something’s wrong in Denver. But I can’t. Believe it or not, they’ve won 8 of 10. |
| 10(9) |  |
10-7 | Rumor has it that Laker fans are concerned about the Clippers Saturday night. They should be. |
| 11(12) |  |
11-6 | Next 5 games are on the road vs. Utah, the Warriors, the Lakers, the Suns, and the Spurs. 3-2 record in those games is a success |
| 12(15) |  |
10-5 | Jamison, Arenas, and Hughes combined PPG this season is 64.5. 3 years ago in Golden St it was 42.8. Maybe they like the cold weather in DC. |
| 13(16) |  |
9-8 | The Pistons held the Mavs to 33% from the field and 14% from downtown. Now that’s the defense we expected to see with Big Bens return. |
| 14(7) |  |
12-7 | Anybody wonder if Shaq is gonna take credit for turning D Wade to a superstar. Well he did, sort of. Wade is picking up Shaq’s slack. |
| 15(8) |  |
10-7 | With 4 straight losses, the Honeymoon is over. They do have 2 games vs. the Bucks to end the losing streak though. |
| 16(18) |  |
8-8 | This is a playoff team, if they were to move to the Eastern Conference. |
| 17(17) |  |
8-8 | The Knicks are probably the best team in their division. That’s not saying a whole lot. |
| 18(21) |  |
7-11 | If Van Gundy takes the cuffs off of McGrady permanently, this team should see an improvement. |
| 19(14) |  |
8-10 | The slide continues. This team cannot afford to lose anybody. Especially Kirilenko. |
| 20(20) |  |
7-10 | Celts gave up 110 to the Warriors, who are averaging an awful 88.9 PPG. At least they know what to fix now. |
| 21(23) |  |
6-12 | New coach Mike Fratello has a mountain to climb. The Grizz were supposed to be a top seed playoff team. They gotta fight to get back to .500. |
| 22(28) |  |
5-12 | As bad as the Nets have played, they are only 3.5 out of the division lead. Oh and Jason Kidd is back. |
| 23(22) |  |
7-13 | Not sure if Alston was serious or not, but the last guy who hinted at time off was Ron Artest. We all know what happened next. |
| 24(19) |  |
6-11 | That was about as bad(0-5) as it can get for a road trip. They now host Minnesota before going to Chicago. |
| 25(25) |  |
4-11 | I like what the Cats are doing. Kareem Rush could be a big pickup for them. |
| 26(24) |  |
4-10 | I wonder if Michael Redd has nightmares about Kobe Bryant. I would. |
| 27(26) |  |
5-12 | Brick. Brick. Brick. That’s the sound of 39.5% from the field. And it’s coming out of Oakland. |
| 28(27) |  |
3-14 | No D in ATL. Giving up almost 102 PPG while only averaging 89 means about 12 wins. Maybe 13. |
| 29(30) |  |
2-13 | Luol Deng has the numbers(15.2PPG, 5.6RPG) of a potential rookie of the year. As long the Bulls lose games, he doesn’t have a chance. |
| 30(29) |  |
1-14 | See last weeks comment. |
3 replies on “NBA Power Rankings December 7th 2004”
as usual… awesome as usual. plus any time my clipps are at #8 on anything i am happy… you made my day
good but…. the clips are in front of the Magic. maybe because they are a west coast team. but the magic will beat the clips any day of the week. Thats the only problem.
magic? the clippers will stom the magic… in therir pajamas. we will see for sure on feb. 15