By J Deuce, Section NBA
Posted on Tue Nov 30 2004 at 8:29 PM EST 
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Here is this week's Power Rankings. Hey Sixer Fans, appreciate the feedback.
I showed you guys some love this week. Note, the Power Rankings are completed before Tuesday's games.
Rank(Pv) |
Team |
Record |
Comment |
| 1(1) |
 |
11-2 |
Matrix won the player of the week award right
after Amare Stoudamire won it the week before.
I guess that's what happens when a team is hot. |
| 2(3) |
 |
13-2 |
The Sonics are shooting a league leading 40%
from the 3 pt. Line. Unimpressed? They also lead
the league in 3's taken with 316. |
| 3(4) |
 |
11-3 |
Defense, Defense, Defense. Yeah, the Spurs
are good, but man are they boring. |
| 4(5) |
 |
8-5 |
As they proved in Sacramento, the T'Wolves
can be very good when the Big Ticket has some
help. |
| 5(7) |
 |
10-5 |
Lets talk about depth. The Mavs have a backup
coach? Now that's depth. Good luck Avery
Johnson. |
| 6(9) |
 |
8-5 |
Believe it or not, but the run and gun Kings avg.
the fewest turnovers in the league. |
| 7(2) |
 |
10-5 |
The Heat should be pulling away from the East.
Except for the fact that they are 1-4 against
the Western Conference. |
| 8(10) |
 |
10-4 |
Gotta love the depleted Pacers. They are not
going down without a fight. Pun intended. |
| 9(11) |
 |
8-6 |
Last week I said the Lakers had to beat the Kings
to crack the Top 10. I guess I lied. |
| 10(13) |
 |
9-5 |
Coach Dunleavy said, "You treat Lebron pretty
much the way you would treat a Kobe Bryant".
No arguments here. |
| 11(19) |
 |
9-6 |
The Clippers have won 4 in row. I am not
completely sold on them yet. We will know if they
are for real Saturday vs. the T'Wolves. |
| 12(8) |
 |
8-5 |
I don't care if it was a revenge game for
Doc Rivers. The Magic have no business getting
smoked by the Celtics at home. None. |
| 13(14) |
 |
8-6 |
Carmelo vs. Lebron is Thursday. How many Bird
vs. Magic comparisons will we have to hear? |
| 14(6) |
 |
8-6 |
That was a steep drop for the Jazz. But they
lost to Bulls and AK-47 is out for a couple weeks.
It could get worse. |
| 15(21) |
 |
7-5 |
The Wizards are averaging 102.9 Not bad.
Good enough for #2 in the NBA. They are giving
up 102.8. That's bad. |
| 16(12) |
 |
6-7 |
Ben Wallace suspension ends Friday night.
Just in time to defend Tim Duncan. Welcome
Back. |
| 17(22) |
 |
6-6 |
The Knicks are 5-1 at home, while on the road
they are a sad 1-5. Fix that, and they could run
away with the division. |
| 18(20) |
 |
7-6 |
The Northwest is ridiculous. The Blazers could
win 50 games this year and still be at the
bottom of their division. |
| 19(24) |
 |
6-7 |
On the flipside, Philly could win 50 games and
take their division. |
| 20(15) |
 |
5-8 |
The Red Sox won. The Pats continue to win.
There wont be a lot of grumbling about the Celts till
the Pats are finished. Then watch the mob... |
| 21(16) |
 |
6-9 |
Houston, we have a rebounding problem. Team
rebounding leader Yao Ming is averaging 7.7
boards per game. Nuff said. |
| 22(18) |
 |
6-9 |
The Raptors are 1-7 on the road so far this year.
Oh and tonight they begin a 6 game road trip.
This could get ugly. |
| 23(17) |
 |
5-9 |
Just when things started to go right they lose 3
straight. As long as they are below .500, they
can't afford to lose 3 straight again. |
| 24(23) |
 |
4-7 |
I was just about to give my "Michael Redd is
next" speech. That is until Kobe LOCKED him
down in LA. Lets see if he is ready for Kobe tonight. |
| 25(27) |
 |
3-9 |
These guys aren't that bad. Theyre the best
expansion team since....Wait, who was the last
expansion team? |
| 26(26) |
 |
3-10 |
Here is a positive note. Mathematically, this team
is still in the playoff hunt. That's all...moving on. |
| 27(25) |
 |
2-11 |
Twenty bucks for the 1st person do describe a
highlight from a recent Hawk game. The clock is
ticking. |
| 28(26) |
 |
2-11 |
9 game losing streak. Maybe they can shake
things up and throw a couple punches at some
fans. It worked for Pacers. |
| 29(28) |
 |
1-12 |
To make a comment, I require a fully operational
team within the NBA. With that being said, "No
Comment". |
| 30(30) |
 |
1-10 |
Around this time every season we start to think
the Bulls next season looks promising. Times have
changed. They'll stink next season too. |
