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NBA Power Rankings Update: The Cleveland Cavaliers Are Getting Back on Track
All it took was a complete overhaul of the Cleveland Cavaliers' roster for them to start climbing back up our power rankings. How is the rest of the league performing now that we're heading into the final stretch of the regular season?

Teams Ranked 30th to 21st

The race for the bottom is heating up as the Sacramento Kings reclaim the last spot.

RankingTeamRecordnERDLast RankingPlus/Minus
30Sacramento Kings18-4323.429-1
29Phoenix Suns19-4424.7301
28Chicago Bulls20-4130.3280
27Memphis Grizzlies18-4232.725-2
26Brooklyn Nets20-4234.3271
25Atlanta Hawks19-4334.7261
24Orlando Magic18-4336.4240
23New York Knicks24-3839.6230
22Dallas Mavericks19-4340.5220
21Los Angeles Lakers26-3445.2210


Risers

The Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies were both on 10-game losing streaks prior to their matchup last night, but the Suns prevailed and moved up a spot in our rankings. Of course, that had just as much or more to do with the Sacramento Kings being awful as it did with the Suns winning one measly game.

The Brooklyn Nets have only won one of their last 10 games, so this week's jump in the rankings is far from merit-based. They basically have nothing to lose for (they owe their pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers this year), while the teams around them are tanking so hard that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver saw it necessary to warn them to stop doing so. The Nets move up this week in order to facilitate other teams moving down, simple as that.

Fallers

The Sacramento Kings have lost five in a row, are 30th in the NBA in offensive rating, 29th in defensive rating, 29th in margin of victory, and dead last in nERD. The Suns have given them some competition lately, but the bottom spot in our rankings has belonged to the Kings more often than not this season.

As mentioned above, the Memphis Grizzlies are on an NBA-worst 11-game losing streak. They only fall two spots, but that's simply because everyone down in this range stinks and loses the vast majority of their games.

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