2026 NBA playoff picture: Standings, tiebreakers, projections as Lakers take swing game off Rockets

First, the tanking Grizzlies upset the Nuggets, who thus dropped to the West's No. 6 seed, one game back of Minnesota. Second, the Rockets, who lost to the Lakers for the second consequential result ...

NBA championship power rankings: Lakers make a push to avoid elimination

The latest edition of SI’s championship power rankings features a rising Lakers team, as well as the elimination of another ...
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NBA Rookie Power Rankings: Maxime Raynaud Keeps Rising as Race for No. 1 Heats Up

Maxime Raynaud continues climbing NBA rookie power rankings as competition for the No. 1 spot intensifies, showcasing his ...

NBA Power Rankings: No. 5 Lakers, No. 15 Rockets going different directions, Thunder back at No. 1

Meanwhile, the Celtics look like the East's most dangerous team -- even after back-to-back losses ...
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NBA MVP power rankings: Luka Doncic cracks the top 3 as race intensifies

The 2025-26 MVP race is taking its final form and with the elite play of Luka Doncic, it will come down to the wire in our ...

NBA Power Rankings: Thunder at No. 1; checking in on Flagg, Knueppel and other rookies

The Knicks got needed wins, but it’s not the best look that they trailed Utah by 18 points and the Warriors by 21 to get two ...

Ranking the NBA's best players: Top 25, revisited

In October, USA TODAY Sports published its ranking of the Top 25 NBA players. What did we get right? What did we get wrong?

Future Rankings: Who will be the NBA's best in five years?

HoopsHype puts together a ranking projecting the best NBA players for the 2031 season, featuring Victor Wembanyama, Cooper ...