Since the basketball schedule is balanced, meaning all teams play eachother at both venues, with within' conference teams playing four total games, the rankings closely correspond with the team's record. Thus, the rankings weight games by the number of days since the first game of the year. Weighting the games in this way causes the rankings to fluctuate more rapidly to reflect recent results.
Power Score / Change from Last Entry / W - L / Team
- 1.36 / 0.31 / 56 - 17 / Phoenix Suns
- 1.16 / -0.04 / 55 - 19 / Miami Heat
- 1.00 / -0.48 / 54 - 19 / San Antonio Spurs
- 0.86 / -0.19 / 49 - 24 / Dallas Mavericks
- 0.76 / -0.17 / 44 - 30 / Houston Rockets
- 0.71 / -0.14 / 46 - 27 / Detroit Pistons
- 0.71 / 0.21 / 50 - 23 / Seattle SuperSonics
- 0.69 / 0.83 / 41 - 31 / Denver Nuggets
- 0.66 / -0.03 / 41 - 31 / Chicago Bulls
- 0.47 / -0.09 / 41 - 31 / Memphis Grizzlies
- 0.36 / -0.05 / 45 - 30 / Sacramento Kings
- 0.24 / 0.44 / 38 - 34 / Indiana Pacers
- 0.22 / 0.53 / 39 - 35 / Minnesota Timberwolves
- 0.19 / 0.02 / 39 - 34 / Boston Celtics
- 0.18 / -0.15 / 41 - 31 / Washington Wizards
- 0.09 / 0.04 / 35 - 39 / New Jersey Nets
- 0.02 / 0.00 / 36 - 37 / Philadelphia 76ers
- -0.02 / 0.96 / 28 - 45 / Golden State Warriors
- -0.13 / -0.24 / 38 - 34 / Cleveland Cavaliers
- -0.31 / 0.12 / 33 - 41 / Los Angeles Clippers
- -0.41 / 0.20 / 30 - 43 / Toronto Raptors
- -0.43 / -0.44 / 35 - 38 / Orlando Magic
- -0.47 / -0.31 / 33 - 40 / Los Angeles Lakers
- -0.57 / -0.32 / 28 - 45 / Milwaukee Bucks
- -0.59 / 0.15 / 29 - 43 / New York Knick
- -0.83 / 0.10 / 17 - 55 / New Orleans Hornets
- -1.11 / -0.55 / 24 - 48 / Portland TrailBlazers
- -1.18 / -0.08 / 22 - 50 / Utah Jazz
- -1.52 / 0.05 / 15 - 57 / Charlotte Bobcats
- -2.10 / -0.65 / 11 - 62 / Atlanta Hawks
Home-field Advantage = 0.53
Average Western Conference score is 0.33 higher than Eastern