Weekly NBA Game Thread: Week of Jan. 18th, 2021

Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty ImagesEvery Monday at 5:00 PM Central (for the foreseeable future) this all-purpose thread goes up, and the comments section is where it’s going down. This is your place to discuss all the NBA’s action happening during the week when the Bucks are off-duty.

Remember those really strange small-sample standings from two Weekly Threads ago? Well, I regret to inform you that the fun and games are officially over:

After some high-flying starts by the likes of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Atlanta Hawks, it looks like the more talented teams are beginning to rise back to the top of their respective conferences. Once you get past the top five or six teams in each…