LOS ANGELES – With only two games last week, a loss to the Warriors bumped the Clippers back in some rankings, but the Clippers closed the week by crushing the Pelicans.
Here are the resulting weekly power rankings from NBA.com, ESPN.com, SI.com and CBSSports.com, along with a brief explanation for the choices. Click on the link under each publication’s name to see the full explanations for each team.
NBA.com
Clippers No. 6 (Last week: No. 4)– “The Clippers played the Warriors even over the last three quarters on Wednesday, but that didn't matter after a first period in which they had more turnovers (nine - seven that were live balls) than baskets (eight)…Chris Paul pushed his assist-to-turnover ratio back over 4.