While the Pistons and Spurs battle for the top of the Power Rankings, the Nets are making their case that they might be the team to come out of the east. They have a 13 game winning streak and could win out from here. The Suns are starting to drop in most polls because of the season ending injury to Amare Stoudamire. With only a couple of weeks left in the season, it’ll be interesting to see how teams end up in the power rankings.
Here are the NBA Power Rankings by top sites this week.
| Rank | NBA.com | ESPN | FoxSports | Sportsline | SI | TeamRankings |
| 1 | Pistons | Pistons | Spurs | Pistons | Spurs | Pistons |
| 2 | Spurs | Spurs | Pistons | Spurs | Pistons | Spurs |
| 3 | Nets | Nets | Nets | Nets | Mavericks | Mavericks |
| 4 | Mavericks | Mavericks | Cavaliers | Suns | Nets | Suns |
| 5 | Heat | Suns | Heat | Mavericks | Heat | Heat |
| 6 | Suns | Heat | Mavericks | Heat | Grizzlies | Nets |
| 7 | Cavaliers | Cavaliers | Suns | Cavaliers | Cavaliers | Cavaliers |
| 8 | Nuggets | Nuggets | Grizzlies | Grizzlies | Clippers | Grizzlies |
| 9 | Grizzlies | Clippers | Nuggets | Nuggets | Suns | Clippers |
| 10 | Clippers | Grizzlies | Clippers | Clippers | Nuggets | Nuggets |
| 11-30 | more | more | more | more | more | more |
