NBA Power Rankings. November 30th 2004.

By J Deuce on Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Filed Under: NBA General

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.