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ESPN Rankings

1 (1) Celtics
2 (4) Lakers
3 (3) Pistons
4 (6) Jazz
5 (2) Hornets
6 (8) Rockets
7 (7) Suns
8 (5) Spurs
9 (13) Nuggets
10 (9) Mavericks


NBA.com Rankings

1. Celtics ( 1 )
2. Lakers ( 5 )
3. Hornets ( 2 )
4. Spurs ( 4 )
5. Pistons ( 3 )
6. Jazz ( 6 )
7. Rockets ( 7 )
8. Suns ( 8 )
9. Mavs ( 10 )
10. Magic ( 12 )

SI Rankings

1. Celtics ( Preseason 7 )
2. Lakers ( Preseason 15 )
3. Hornets ( Preseason 18 )
4. Pistons ( Preseason 6 )
5. Spurs ( Preseason 1 )
6. Jazz ( Preseason 5 )
7. Suns ( Preseason 3 )
8. Mavericks ( Preseason 2 )
9. Rockets ( Preseason 4 )
10. Nuggets ( Preseason 9 )

Jazz so low...

Duiz wrote:Jazz so low...

They are where they deserve to be.

I find it hilarious that every west playoff team is better than orlando. and the jazz are to low

MagicNolesFSU wrote:I find it hilarious that every west playoff team is better than orlando. and the jazz are to low

Most west playoff teams ARE better than orlando. Same amount or more wins in the superior conference = better.
And id say Utah should be 5th at best, behind Boston, Lakers, Pistons, Hornets. And id say SA and them are a toss up.

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Most west playoff teams ARE better than orlando. Same amount or more wins in the superior conference = better.
And id say Utah should be 5th at best, behind Boston, Lakers, Pistons, Hornets. And id say SA and them are a toss up.

IMO orlando is better than the nuggs, rockets, and maybe even mavs...

didn't the magic lose to the knicks and twolves in 2 of their last 4 games? they aren't jumping many teams when they do that.

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IMO orlando is better than the nuggs, rockets, and maybe even mavs...

LOL. Not better than the Rockets. Definitely not better than the Mavs. I mean come on dude..tone the homerism down a notch. You guys will probably go further than either of those two teams in the playoffs but thats only b/c you play in the East and those two teams will be playing series that any other year would probably be conference finals.

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IMO orlando is better than the nuggs, rockets, and maybe even mavs...

And that is because your a Magic fan. In a seven game series I would take the mavs and rockets over the magic and I would have taken the nuggets pre-dui.

Celtics and Lakers 1 and 2 across the board.. nice

Lakers no. 2? Wow... thats actually suprising

NBA.com has the Pistons 5th with our bench beating two playoff games, while New Orleans is 3rd and having lost 3 of 4 and lost their top seed and only beating Minnesota?

dcash4 wrote:didn't the magic lose to the knicks and twolves in 2 of their last 4 games? they aren't jumping many teams when they do that.

well they were resting their sta.......they were lacking motiva.....

nope...can't do it. Can't makeup some BS reason. No excuse losing to those two.

deuces are wild

The way Jazz are playing last two weeks, they should be at 3rd, no question about it.

Everywhere yuo can read how LA beat SA and NOH but noone mentioned that Jazz did the same in a much more impressive fashion. They hold both teams to season low (64 and 66 pts respectively).

They also broke Denver's streak of 20 consecutive games above 100 pts...

But that's ok

They will make their point in the playoffs,

BRING ON SPURS !!!

If you look at the Laker's last week they beat New Orleans, almost blowing a huge lead. Beat San Antonio without arguably their best player this year. They lost to the lottery bound Blazers and beat the lottery bound Clippers and they move up 3 spots on NBA.com rankings.

The Jazz blew out the Hornet's, lost on a last second shot to the playoff bound Dallas Mavericks. Blew out Denver and if you go one game back they blew out San Antonio with Ginobli and they stay in the same place.

The rankings are a joke! It's all about pumping up the major market teams!