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[ESPN]Power Ranking (week 2)

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2006-07 Power Rankings: Week 2
RANK (LAST WK) TEAM REC. COMMENT
1 (1) Spurs 5-1 November normally doesn't mean much to Spurs, but Oberto and Elson already have Duncan feeling good about the frontcourt help he's going to be getting.
2 (8) Clippers 5-1 I'm eager to see Clips' testing trip Tuesday to Utah, just their second roadie all season, because their home games -- no joke -- have been too easy lately.
3 (3) Jazz 6-1 Normally we'd make a big fuss about Kirilenko's latest injury, but AK-47 has only been the seventh-leading scorer (8.4 ppg) so far for scorching Utah.
4 (14) Rockets 5-2 JVG has been saying that T-Mac's greatest strength is his decision-making. Judging by T-Mac's 6.4 apg and Yao's early dominance, perhaps they're all in agreement.
5 (4) Cavaliers 4-2 No one in the East has a better record, but Cavs' losses to Bobcats and Hawks were a major letdown after their San Antonio breakthrough. They should be 6-0 or 5-1.
6 (7) Heat 3-3 Second half vs. Sonics. Second half in New Jersey. So make that two glimpses of Miami's ''on'' switch to go with two ugly home losses (Chicago and now Houston).
7 (6) Mavericks 2-4 After a four-game losing streak to end last season and another to start this season, Mavs have actually won two in a row. But they still don't look close to right.
8 (9) Lakers 5-3 The main reason why L.A.'s playoff credentials have been questioned: Kobe announced last week that it'll be ''January or February'' before he's at full strength.
9 (11) Nets 3-2 The only team out there to beat Utah can't exactly celebrate. Not after dropping to 0-2 against Miami just two nights later and losing Jefferson indefinitely.
10 (12) Bulls 3-3 Offensively challenged Bulls need more consistency from Ben . . . Ben Gordon, that is. Gordon's wacky scoring totals in the first six games: 6, 24, 5, 37, 2, 3.
11 (22) Kings 4-2 Bibby's playing hurt, Miller's out and Muss has to coach under a microscope. But Kings are a healthy 3-0 at home, amid all the questions about their future home.
12 (2) Hornets 4-3 The first 4-0 start in the club's 18-season history and being the last team to lose this season, just like that, are memories. A 27-point blown lead at Portland will do that.
13 (5) Pistons 3-4 Life without Big Ben is off to a rocky start: Rip's hurt, 'Sheed has more Ts (four) than Pistons have wins and you're even starting to hear Etroit jokes. As in no D.
14 (20) Warriors 4-3 Beating two of last season's 60-win teams (Dallas and Detroit) in the same week is nice, but Warriors can't stop there with nine of their next 10 games in Oakland.
15 (21) Magic 4-3 D-Howard has had some quiet nights offensively, true, but he also just went for 21 points and 22 boards against Kevin Garnett. In other words, he's doing fine.
16 (11) Suns 2-5 If Saturday night's 25-point, 14-board Amare sticks around for a while, I'm guessing Suns will say that a 1-5 start was a worthy sacrifice.
17 (17) Pacers 4-3 Something to talk about besides that mohawk: Harrington has averaged 24 ppg over the past five games after totaling just 12 points in his first two games back in Indy.
18 (15) Wizards 3-3 It's been just a so-so start for Wiz, but our first check into Arenas' rebound from the free-throw line is promising. He's shooting a tidy 92.5 percent, 49 for 53.
19 (23) Hawks 4-2 Joe Johnson scoffed when his coach called him an MVP candidate, but it's no exaggeration to say JJ will get some votes if Hawks win four of every six.
20 (25) Trail Blazers 4-3 Dallas brought 'em back to Earth and Roy (for ROY) got hurt in his fourth NBA game. But tip your cap to Zach's Blazers anyway, with twice as many wins as Mavs and Suns.
21 (27) SuperSonics 3-4 Sonics had to have that one-point OT win in Atlanta. A tense locker room couldn't take another heartbreaker after losing every close game in their 1-4 start.
22 (19) Nuggets 2-3 Nugs are in a quick hole to Utah already after becoming just the second team in history to open with three straight Ls by three points or less, then losing K-Mart.
23 (16) 76ers 3-3 With the FOR SALE sign removed and the team yanked off the market, it's only natural to ask: Does this mean that Iverson is going back on the market?
24 (13) Bucks 2-5 When you lose five of six after an Opening Night W at Detroit -- and when 57 points from my favorite lefty don't add up to a win -- you deserve a steep drop.
25 (18) Timberwolves 2-4 Of all the coaches feeling pressure already -- Rivers, Stotts and, of course, Isiah -- Casey's seat could well be the toastiest with Wolves quickly slipping under .500.
26 (26) Raptors 2-4 This November is already better than last November, when Raps went 1-15, but Friday's home L to Hawks was hardly an uplifting prelude to a five-game trip out West.
27 (29) Knicks 2-5 On top of every other crisis that keeps Knicks in the news, now Frye is backsliding farther than the naysayers ever predicted, at 3.4 ppg on 22.2-percent shooting.
28 (28) Grizzlies 1-5 The good news: Pau insists that he'll be back on the busted foot before January. The reality: Whenenver he returns, it'll be way too late for outmanned Grizz.
29 (30) Celtics 1-5 It hasn't lessened the serious heat Doc's facing, but Pierce wasn't kidding on that NBA TV fantasy commercial when he promised 10 boards a night. He's at 11.7 rpg.
30 (24) Bobcats 1-5 We'll get into Morrison's post-game tobacco chewing later. First we must lament Bobcats' inability to do more with resurgent Okafor's 18.2 ppg, 12.2 rpg and 3.5 bpg.
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Power ranking is a joke that I don't care! Rockets to the final!! That's all what we want!!

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this is my first time to start a post.

I am not sure whether it is posted in a right way.

I think #4 is pretty just for Rox right now.

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not bad for a team coming out of a 34-48 record last year...it's a pleasant surprise to see how far the roxs have come in the last few months...

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soar so fast! unbelievable

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The top 4 seeds are all Western Conference teams! West is really loaded and looks sharp in the early season.

Any rockets fan should know that until we achieve something, those outsiders will not pay enough respect to us, just like last night's biased broadcasting. We need to stay humble, focused, healthy, healthy and healthy!

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AK47 is hurt....again!?

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The Tuesday game vs spurs will be a real test for Rox. Hopefully they can step up and win this one.

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"6 (7) Heat 3-3 Second half vs. Sonics. Second half in New Jersey. So make that two glimpses of Miami's ''on'' switch to go with two ugly home losses (Chicago and now Houston). "
so our defending champion still up to 6 ? -.-b

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MUCH BETTER Rankings.

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Mavs at number 7 with a 2-4 record? You gotta be kidding me

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kwik_e_mart said:

Mavs at number 7 with a 2-4 record? You gotta be kidding me
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My thoughts exactly...no way that they are playing as the 7th best team in order to be ranked this high...they should be 27. IF the Rockets were 2-4 would we be ranked that high? Hell no!

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People around the leauge are finding out this team is for real.

& healthy! (knock on wood)

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kwik_e_mart said:

Mavs at number 7 with a 2-4 record? You gotta be kidding me
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no way the mavs should be in the top half of the power rankings. id put them around 18-20 at best, but its not like these rankings matter.
GO YAO!!!

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After this week they could be either #1 0r #2[Sun. over Miami and Tues. over Spurs]

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tuesday's game will be HUGE!

that has nothing to do with the power ranking, i know.

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we can be #1 next week if we beat the spurs at home. Rowdies get ready...

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and we're not even full strenght yet, hopefully v-span develops, novak gets some spot minutes, and b-wells gets thin and starts earning his paycheck for next year.
Scary, absolutely scary. and once this team jells, we've got two new starters, we will dominizzle baby

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thetennisyao said:

we can be #1 next week if we beat the spurs at home. Rowdies get ready...
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I guarantee Steve Kerr would find some way to keep that from happening. I'm still waiting for his Yahoo rankings to come out today...curious how high he has the Rockets.

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airmanz said:

Power ranking is a joke that I don't care! Rockets to the final!! That's all what we want!!
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agree!Just a joke~

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