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NBA Basketball Power Rankings by Wunderdog
2005 / 2006

Updated April 20, 2006

Changes this Week...
At the conclusion of the regular season, we have San Antonio with a commanding lead followed by two teams that are very close: Dallas and Detroit. San Antonio is powered by their league-best defense while Dallas is the mirror image sporting the league's best offense. Detroit is the most well-balanced team with a top five offense and defense. Miami is a distant fourth in the rankings followed by Memphis and Cleveland who are closely bunched. The remaining top ten teams are all very close to each other: LA Clippers, LA Lakers, Phoenix and Sacramento...

A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for the NBA 2005 / 2006 season. They can be used to assist in making winning NBA picks. Of course, they only tell part of the story and should be used in conjuction with other important NBA handicapping tools such as motivation, injuries, systems and trends, days rest and more. They form a strong basis for my NBA picks but are never used blindly. Get my free NBA picks each week.

Rank Team
Power
Off Rank
Def Rank
1 San Antonio Spurs
100.2
12
1
2 Dallas Mavericks
98.2
1
15
3 Detroit Pistons
98.0
3
4
4 Miami Heat
93.2
8
11
5 Memphis Grizzlies
92.3
22
2
6 Cleveland Cavaliers
92.0
4
15
7 Los Angeles Clippers
89.9
16
7
8 Los Angeles Lakers
89.7
6
12
9 Phoenix Suns
89.2
10
17
10 Sacramento Kings
88.8
14
9
11 Indiana Pacers
86.2
24
6
12 Denver Nuggets
85.6
14
10
13 New Jersey Nets
82.5
25
3
14 Philadelphia 76ers
82.5
11
19
15 Washington Wizards
81.1
3
23
16 Chicago Bulls
80.6
27
6
17 Boston Celtics
80.3
19
20
18 Orlando Magic
80.1
9
25
19 Milwaukee Bucks
76.7
18
22
20 New Orleans Hornets
76.4
22
16
21 Seattle SuperSonics
74.7
5
30
22 Toronto Raptors
73.8
7
27
23 Utah Jazz
73.7
20
22
24 Golden State Warriors
72.4
23
18
25 Houston Rockets
72.3
28
9
26 Minnesota Timberwolves
70.7
29
15
27 New York Knicks
65.1
18
28
28 Atlanta Hawks
63.2
15
27
29 Charlotte Bobcats
59.2
26
24
30 Portland Trail Blazers
52.3
30
29

 

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