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Basically, the Lakers would have to finish the season 41-18 to reach 50 victories. Hence, they have to win 67% of their remaining games. Doubt that happens. It is statistically possible that the Lakers could miss the playoffs.

Power Rankings for 12/10-12/17 (12/11-12/18)

Monday Releases:

ESPN: Stein (Magic Rank 19, previously 21)

http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings/_/year/2013/week/7

NBA.com: Schuhmann (Magic Rank 19, previous 21)

http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/?ls=iref:nbahpt6b

NBCsports/Probasketballtalk: Helin: (Magic Rank 22, Previous 22)

probasketballtalk,nbcsports.com

Bleacher Report: Strauss (Magic Rank 21, Previous 23)

bleacherreport.com

SBNation.com: Rosenthal (Magic Rank 21, Previous 21)

sbnation.com

Tuesday Releases:

Foxsports: Amico (Magic Rank 21, Previous 22)

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/powerRankings

Cbssports.com: Moore (Magic Rank 19, Previous Rank 24)

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/powerrankings

Sports.Yahoo.com: Spears (Magic Rank 21, Previous 22)

sports.yahoo.com

Best rank in bold, worst in Italics.

Favorite line of the week.... "Jacque Vaughn could make a robot out of Popsicle sticks."

Added Tuesday's. Last weeks range was 21-24.. this week is 19 to 22.

Hollinger has us at 17.

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings/_/page/2

It would be cool to see a graph based on the averages, or even one with a line for each publication.

Mad Guru wrote:It would be cool to see a graph based on the averages, or even one with a line for each publication.

Decent thought. I'll see what I can whip up before next week.

Mad Guru wrote:It would be cool to see a graph based on the averages, or even one with a line for each publication.

Not a bad idea. I like this thread.