{"id":48470,"date":"2012-02-24T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T17:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=48470"},"modified":"2012-02-24T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T17:30:10","slug":"power-rankings-24212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/power-rankings-24212\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Power Rankings (FEB. 23rd)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bet On NBA Basketball<\/h2>\n<p>Each week during the heart of the NBA season, and once or twice during the NBA Preseason, we\u2019ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the\u00a0<a title=\"NBA Power Rankings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/nba\/\" target=\"_self\">NBA Power rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oklahoma City (26-7) &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Is it too much to say that Durant and Westbrook are the best duo in the NBA? \u00a0They haven\u2019t earned their championship stripes but what else are they lacking?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miami Heat (26-7)<\/strong> &#8211; A Heat vs Thunder finals would make for some great watching for sure. \u00a0Heat are looking great right now, perhaps a bit ahead of their closest conference challengers in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Bulls (27-8) &#8211;<\/strong> The most complete team on the list so far but they are totally different when Derrick Rose is out of the lineup. \u00a0I like their commitment to defense though to smooth things over.<\/p>\n<p><strong>San Antonio Spurs (23-10) &#8211;<\/strong> You can\u2019t ignore that record and the fact that Tony Parkers has been lights out lately. \u00a0It is just too bad that Manu Ginobili is out once again. \u00a0This time for much shorter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dallas Mavericks (21-13) &#8211;<\/strong> I know they are the defending champs but when you watch them play it is hard to see it. \u00a0Delonte West is now out for a while so we will see if they can keep up their recent strong play shorthanded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orlando Magic (22-12) &#8211;<\/strong> They are playing much better but what will happen as we get closer and closer to the trade deadline. \u00a0The All-Star game is in Orlando this year and hopefully the parade of stars can take the focus on Dwight Howard for a moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Clippers (20-11) &#8211;<\/strong> It is still hard to consider these guys a contender but they are bringing it most nights. \u00a0Losing Chauncey Billups was huge for them, they are just .500 in the games since. \u00a0This team could slide down the ranking at any moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles Lakers (20-13) &#8211;<\/strong> Perhaps the most dangerous thing in the league is a Kobe Bryant scorned. \u00a0He isn\u2019t happy with the rumours surrounding Pau and has sounded off. \u00a0At least he can back things up with his play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Knicks (17-17) &#8211;<\/strong> Witness the power of Linsanity, elevating a team with a .500 record into the top 10 of the power rating. \u00a0Some are even talking MVP which would make him the least likely winner, ever. \u00a0Still he has to be considered. [soliloquy id=&#8221;82219&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Memphis Grizzlies (19-15) &#8211;<\/strong> The Grizz are on a nice run that makes you think about last year\u2019s playoffs. \u00a0The offense has been really sharp lately and young legs appear to be tiring less often.<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Pacers (21-12)<br \/>\nPhiladelphia 76ers (20-13)<br \/>\nDenver Nuggets (18-16)<br \/>\nBoston Celtics (15-16)<br \/>\nPortland Trailblazers (18-16)<br \/>\nAtlanta Hawks (19-13)<br \/>\nHouston Rockets (20-14)<br \/>\nMinnesota Timberwolves (17-17)<br \/>\nUtah Jazz (15-17)<br \/>\nGolden State Warriors (13-17)<br \/>\nPhoenix Suns (14-20)<br \/>\nNew Jersey Nets (10-24)<br \/>\nMilwaukee Bucks (13-19)<br \/>\nSacramento Kings (11-22)<br \/>\nToronto Raptors (10-23)<br \/>\nCleveland Cavaliers (13-18)<br \/>\nDetroit Pistons (11-24)<br \/>\nNew Orleans Hornet (8-25)<br \/>\nWashington Wizards (7-26)<br \/>\nCharlotte Bobcats (4-28)<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"\/nba\/\">CLICK HERE TO GET OUR NBA PICKS FOR TODAY &#8212;&#8211;&gt;<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBA power rankings plus ratings for each week of the 2012 NBA season by Cappers Picks nba basketball betting experts\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":37873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[43091,22806,744,1595,4046,4977,22803,11586,22804,22805,5224,3126],"class_list":["post-48470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-bet-nba-basketball","tag-bet-on-nba-hoops","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-gambling","tag-nba-power-rankings","tag-nba-power-ratings","tag-nba-power-ratings-online","tag-nba-rankings","tag-nba-ratings","tag-nba-team-power-rankings","tag-nba-trends","tag-team-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48847,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48470\/revisions\/48847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}