NBA power rankings week 13: Halfway mark, OKC Thunder hold steady
1. team. 89. . 38-6. Previous: 1st. Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks:
Offense: (113.5) 2nd
Defense: (101.4) 1st
Net: (Plus +12.0) 1st
Games Week 13 (3-0): Won vs. Knicks: 128-102, Celtics: 128-123, Nets: 117-97
Games Week 14 (2 games): Mon vs. Bulls | Fri (at) Hornets at Paris, France
It’s incredible there isn’t more attention being paid to the fact the Bucks have lost only six games which puts them on pace to win precisely 70 games.
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Milwaukee is a full eight games ahead of their closest competitor – for the moment that is the Miami Heat who don’t seem primed to make a run for the top spot given their penchant for struggling on the road.
The next closest Eastern crew is the Raptors who made massive jumps in several areas in three games but the copious early injuries likely cross them off the list as well.
Barring the Bucks falling off a cliff or neglecting to show up for tipoff they appear to have sewn up the East’s top spot.
Even though there is half a schedule to play it seems the one lock already is the Bucks will nab the Eastern Conference top seed. Quite an achievement this early in the campaign.
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That wraps up week 13 of the NBA Power Rankings. Did you agree with the placement? Think a team should be higher — lower? Let us know in the comments section.