{"id":70208,"date":"2013-12-09T07:47:56","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T15:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=70208"},"modified":"2013-12-09T07:51:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T15:51:23","slug":"power-rankings-december-6-2013-91213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/power-rankings-december-6-2013-91213\/","title":{"rendered":"Cappers Picks NBA Power Rankings \u2013 December 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>2013 NBA Handicapping<\/h2>\n<p>The NBA season is in full swing and some interesting contenders are already emerging \u2013 some new and some totally unforeseen.<!--more--> [ad-4468020]<\/p>\n<p>The cream is already starting to rise to the top \u2013 let\u2019s take a look. As always if your looking for NBA Odds Click this sportsbook link. <strong> ([dfads params=&#8217;groups=63740&#038;limit=1&#038;return_javascript=0&#8242;])<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trail Blazers<\/strong> \u2013 the Blazers have beaten the Pacers and the thunder the last week taking them to the top of the Rankings. They have won 13 of their last 14 games and are definitely the hottest team in the league right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pacers<\/strong> \u2013 The Pacers have just two losses on the season \u2013 both on the road against quality opponents \u2013 the Bulls and the Trail Blazers. This team fights hard every night and the record is further proof.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heat<\/strong> \u2013 Had a 10 game win streak end earlier this week but the Heat are still the Heat. Losses to the Nets, Sixers, Celtics and Pistons and the banged up Bulls keep the Heat out of top spot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spurs<\/strong> \u2013 The Spurs just keep clicking along \u2013 hard to doubt them. All the talk of this team being over-the-hill can cease \u2013 the Spurs have lost just 3 times this year and are perfect at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thunder<\/strong> \u2013 lost in Portland Wednesday night after an impressive eight game win streak that included victories over Denver, San Antonio, Golden State and Minnesota. Russell Westbrook is rounding into form which helps this team immensely.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Check out our in-house Handicapper!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/handicappers\/ray-monohan-sports-picks\" target=\"_parent\">Buy Razor Ray&#8217;s NBA Season Package Today!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Nuggets<\/strong> \u2013 Had a six game win streak end earlier this week but they are beating some good teams so far this year and are 7-3 in their last 10 games overall. There is quite a drop-off after the top 5 and the Nuggets are the best of the second tier at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mavericks<\/strong> \u2013 Have quietly won two games in a row to climb to four games over .500. They have a tough week ahead but at the moment they are a top 10 team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rockets<\/strong> \u2013 Not many people are talking about the Rockets and they have lost two straight \u2013 to the Jazz and the Suns. But they are 7-3 in their last 10 games and are maybe the biggest threat to all of the top 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clippers<\/strong> \u2013 The Clippers should be a top 5 team but they haven\u2019t quite found their groove yet. They currently occupy the #4 seed in the West and have the talent to contend. We are still waiting for them to put it all together however.<br \/>\n[ad-6571516]<br \/>\n<strong>Warriors<\/strong> &#8211; The Warriors started strong but have come back down to earth a little bit \u2013 coincidentally at the same time Andre Iguodala went down with a bad hammy. They are still a top 10 team in the Rankings but barely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wizards<\/strong> \u2013 The Wiz are just a .500 team but they do occupy the #3 seed in the East &#8211; incredible. They are hot right now \u2013 7-3 in their last 10 games and are barely worthy of a place in my Dirty Dozen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grizzlies<\/strong> \u2013 Marc Gasol is out with a strained MCL which will hurt this team but this team has the talent to rise in the Rankings once they get their game in order.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hawks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Timberwolves<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pistons<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Suns<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pelicans<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Celtics<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lakers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulls<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bobcats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>76ers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Magic<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cavaliers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Raptors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nets<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Kings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jazz<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Knicks<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bucks<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013 NBA Handicapping The NBA season is in full swing and some interesting contenders are already emerging \u2013 some new and some totally unforeseen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":67894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[66499,3942,1014],"class_list":["post-70208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-power-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70208","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70211,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70208\/revisions\/70211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}