Updated: March 6, 2012, 9:40 pm ET

NBA Power Rankings Week 10

3/5/12 – The Chicago Bulls are back on top after recently slipping behind the Miami HEAT and Oklahoma City Thunder. Some of that was a back injury to Derrick Rose, which makes it even more impressive that the Bulls have the best record in basketball. The Los Angeles Lakers catch the L.A. Clippers and the Boston Celtics are within reach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Meanwhile the Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz are further drifting from playoff contention. The NBA, 10 weeks in . . .

NBA Power Rankings Week Ten

Team Rank Last Standing Comments
1
 3 31-8 Another run for the Bulls who get to 30 wins before 10 losses (and counting).
2
 2 29-8 The Thunder finally drop a game in Atlanta after seven-straight wins.
3
 1 28-9 The HEAT need Chris Bosh a lot more than some might have thought.
4
 4 25-11 The Spurs are healthy again and yet by their record, they’ve done relatively well without Manu Ginobili.
5
 7 23-12 Under the radar . . .
6
 6 24-14 The Magic need to catch the Pacers (or HEAT) if they want a top-four seed.
7
 10 23-14 The Lakers have slowly improved throughout the season but road record is the big question at hand.
8
 5 22-13 The Clippers have struggled recently, winning just half of their last 10.
9
 12 22-15 The Grizzlies had hoped to get Zach Randolph back by now but the team is playing well. There’s no rush . . .
10
 8 22-16 Safe to say the Mavericks are having somewhat of an awkward season?
11
 9 22-16 The Sixers still haven’t pulled out of their funk yet and the schedule isn’t going to help the next few weeks.
12
 13 22-15 The Hawks play the next six on the road with a visit to Miami on Wednesday on the second day of a back-to-back.
13
 17 20-17 Denver got a badly-needed win in San Antonio on Sunday. The Nuggets still have tremendous up-side once healthy.
14
 11 21-17 Just when it looked like the Rockets were ready, they lose three straight with the next five on the road.
15
 18 19-17 The Celtics are closing in on the Sixers. The winner of the Atlantic Division is guaranteed a top-four seed.
16
 14 18-19 The Knicks have slowed a bit, perhaps because the Jeremy Lin-excitement is leveling – perhaps because the stars (Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire) are back from injury.
17
 16 19-19 Minnesota has gotten to that .500 point but needs to find that push within to get into the top eight.
18
 15 18-19 Do the Blazers look to move out their under-performing backcourt of Raymond Felton and Jamal Crawford?
19
 22 17-20 The Suns are showing signs of life but if it’s not real, the next six games (Thunder, Mavericks, Grizzlies, etc.) will shut that down.
20
 21 17-19 The Jazz have been struggling but pulled up briefly to beat the Rockets and HEAT. The trouble is road, where frankly they’re awful.
21
 20 14-20 With 32 games left, the Warriors technically have time to make up the five-game gap in the standings behind the eighth-seeded Nuggets.
22
 19 13-22 The Cavaliers are really missing the veteran presence of Anderson Varejao.
23
 23 14-23 The Bucks are still dropping . . . hard.
24
 24 12-26 One more week before the Pistons play nine of 10 on the road.
25
 26 12-25 Quietly the Raptors are getting solid play from both Amir and James Johnson.
26
 27 12-26 Deron Williams goes off . . .
27
 25 12-25 The Kings are heading into a lengthy stretch at home (nine in a row).
28
 28 9-28 The Hornets aren’t very good but they’ve been better since reactivating Chris Kaman.
29
 29 8-28 Jordan Crawford has stepped up recently as the scorer he is . . .
30
 30 4-31 The Bobcats are impressively bad at that point.
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