Another week and we see the NBA power rankings staying pretty much unchanged at the top. The Clippers keep their playoff seeding by beating up on the Knicks and Hornets, and then winning an ugly affair against the Jazz in which both teams failed to break 90 points.
The Warriors continue to be far and above the best team in the league. The Spurs and Rockets are the closest, but the distance between the two is more than the distance between number 10 Washington and number 22 Dallas. Both teams have proven they can win against the Warriors, the Rockets having split their series so far and the Spurs wining the sole contest. However, prediction models do not see either team taking them to more than 5 games in a potential Semi-Final matchup. Nor does it see any of the lower seeded teams lasting more than a sweep against them. The NBA might have a real power balance issue on their hands in this finals, especially if the Cavs are slowed due to Kevin Love's injury. Their top two lineups without Love have been dreadful defenders, but its a super small sample size to try to extrapolate without him right now.
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