NBA Basketball Power Rankings by Wunderdog
2008 / 2009 Rankings

Updated May 5, 2009

A note about these NBA Power Rankings: These Power Rankings represent Wunderdog's statistical measurement of relative team performance for this NBA 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	Orlando Magic	105.0	10	2
2	Cleveland Cavaliers	102.4	5	4
3	Boston Celtics	97.6	6	5
4	Portland Trail Blazers	91.7	4	9
5	Los Angeles Lakers	91.3	1	10
6	Houston Rockets	90.9	16	3
7	San Antonio Spurs	90.7	20	1
8	Dallas Mavericks	80.2	9	8
9	Atlanta Hawks	79.6	11	11
10	Denver Nuggets	78.0	7	15
11	Phoenix Suns	76.5	2	27
12	Utah Jazz	75.6	4	25
13	New Orleans Hornets	72.9	19	7
14	Detroit Pistons	70.0	22	6
15	Indiana Pacers	65.2	14	16
16	Philadelphia 76ers	65.2	13	19
17	Chicago Bulls	64.9	12	20
18	Miami Heat	61.3	21	19
19	Charlotte Bobcats	61.1	29	12
20	Milwaukee Bucks	60.8	17	24
21	Toronto Raptors	59.6	24	13
22	Golden State Warriors	59.3	8	29
23	New York Knicks	58.6	19	24
24	New Jersey Nets	57.4	16	21
25	Minnesota Timberwolves	49.3	25	19
26	Oklahoma City Thunder	48.0	26	14
27	Memphis Grizzlies	45.5	29	24
28	Sacramento Kings	40.8	24	30
29	Washington Wizards	39.7	27	28
30	Los Angeles Clippers	33.7	30	26