Basically everyone agrees that the Pistons, Mavericks, Spurs, and Suns are the top 4 teams. Should be a hell of a western conference playoffs. There were a couple of new entrants as the Sixers and Bucks made it to #10 on a couple of polls. Here are this weeks power rankings by major sites.
| Rank | NBA.com | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | SI | Yahoo |
| 1 | Pistons | Pistons | Pistons | Pistons | Pistons | Pistons |
| 2 | Mavericks | Mavericks | Mavericks | Mavericks | Mavericks | Mavericks |
| 3 | Spurs | Spurs | Spurs | Spurs | Spurs | Spurs |
| 4 | Suns | Suns | Heat | Suns | Suns | Suns |
| 5 | Heat | Heat | Suns | Heat | Nuggets | Clippers |
| 6 | Cavaliers | Cavaliers | Cavaliers | Grizzlies | Heat | Heat |
| 7 | Clippers | Clippers | Nuggets | Clippers | Grizzlies | Cavaliers |
| 8 | Lakers | Nuggets | Clippers | Cavaliers | Clippers | Grizzlies |
| 9 | Grizzlies | Grizzlies | Grizzlies | Nuggets | Lakers | Nuggets |
| 10 | Nuggets | Lakers | Sixers | Nets | Cavaliers | Bucks |
| 11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |
