OKC Confidently 1st place! Destroy the Eastern Kleble Boston second-tier system. NBA Power Ranking

Dec 22, 2024

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Oklahoma City, the strongest team in the west, broke the composition of the East 2nd round.

CBS Sports said on the 22nd (Korea time) 'Oklahoma City ranked No. 1 in the NBA's power rankings. It is the second consecutive No. 1 spot since last week,' it said.

Oklahoma has a 22-5 record. It's powerful.

It boasts a strong air defense balance centered on the one-two punch of Shai Gilzer Alexander and Jaylen Williams. There is no main big man Chet Holmgren, but he is showing an unstoppable rise by making a strong defense stronger.

This season, the NBA was a two-way race between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics. Every week, Cleveland and Boston competed for first and second place. However, last week Oklahoma completely broke the composition of the East 2 with a strong rise.

Cleveland (24 wins and four losses) came in second and Boston (21 wins and six losses) came in third.

Dallas Mavericks, Memphis Grizzlies, New York Knicks and Houston Rockets followed.

◇NBA Weekly Power Ranking (CBS Sports)

Ranking = Team

1 = Oklahoma

2 = Cleveland

3 = Boston

4 = Dallas

5 = Memphis

6 = New York Knicks

7 = Houston

8 = Orlando

9 = Minnesota

10 = Milwaukee

11 = Denver

12 = Golden State

13=LA Clippers

14= Miami

15=FINIX

16 = Atlanta

17=LA Lakers

18 = Sacramento

19 = San Antonio

20 = Chicago

21 = Indiana

22 = Detroit

23 = Brooklyn

24 = Philadelphia

25 = Toronto

26 = Charlotte

27 = Portland

28 = YUTA

29 = New Orleans

30 = Washington

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