[NBA] Rockets are 9th in powerrankings

So the Rockets are basically the worst good team.

 

Rockets are upto 3rd in the NBA Power Rankings

http://www.nba.com/2014/news/powerrankings/02/10/week15/index.html?rss=true

 

Clippers should be ahead of us IMO.

 

I hope this and the ESPN rankings don't jinx us. It seems like every time we get a big bump from their standings, we immediately lose a few games(and usually against scrubs).

 

3rd on NBA and 5th on ESPN

 

For what? what better wins have they had in the last week?

 

Every time I see Dallas they are playing some scrub teams and winning. Has their schedule been ridiculously easy so far?

 

H2H matchups

They've beaten us soundly twice and now have Paul back.

 

it's a weekly standing not taking whole season into account

 

They have a better conference record, and have beaten us, but I believe We fare better against better competition. The clippers really beat up on the bad teams (i.e. the mauling of the sixers last night) and that inflates their numbers. I believe their defense against good teams is really poor.

 

Entire season is accounted for. ORL went 3-0 last week beating top teams, yet are 24th. ATL went 0-3 and are 14th.

 

I love how the West's #9 team (Memphis) would be #3 in the East.

 

San Antonio? Bwahahahahahaha.

 

They have beaten us twice in the last week?

You have to take care about details, this is not the season's final power rankings..its reflecting this very last week and is going week by week.

Btw. having CP back means not really much for those standings

 

Actually its more like the starting point of this week is the end of the last one..so the standings don't start from scratch but if you have more impressive wins (and maybe also not only twice by 1 point even if against really tough opponents) and are playing better THAT particular week, you go higher from last week's ending point as other teams if that makes sense to you..

Power rankings are bs anyway

 

you don't understand what a power ranking is, stop talking

 

Power ranking is clearly done on a weekly basis when the ranking for "last week" was also being displayed. Both the Rockets and Mavericks had a 5w streak so not surprised we are at #3 and #9. Very similar to when GSW with 7w streak and they ranked very high for that week.

 

High Jumps of the Week: Dallas +5, Houston +5 and Orlando +4. The 5W streaks and Orlando beating 2 top teams were the reasons.

If the entire season was counted it would just follow the normal ranking.

 

Correction.

 

Hopefully you're not foolish enough to believe it's solely based on the previous week.