NBA Power Rankings: Parity Week
By John Schuhmann, NBA.com
This may have been the most interesting seven days of the season so far. We didn’t have the marquee matchups that we had last week on Christmas, but we had the first 15-game night in NBA history and plenty of late-game drama.
We also had plenty of upsets, capped off by a bloody Sunday, when three of last week’s top five lost to three of last week’s bottom ten. That typified the last seven days though.
Only three teams, the Pistons, Lakers and Suns, went without a loss this week, and the Lakers played just two games. Only one team, the Clippers, went without a win. The other 26 teams had at least one of each.
In a season where the Cavs, Celtics and Lakers have clearly been head and shoulders above the rest of the league, and where seven or eight teams can only seem to beat each other, this was a change of pace for sure.
What does it mean in the long run? Probably not much. The Raptors, Wizards and Knicks still need to show us more before we’re ready to call them playoff teams. But it’s good to see some fight in those squads that have shown little until now.
