The Oklahoma City Thunder, with recent wins over the Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns, garnered a little more appreciation from analysts than last week.
In the most recent set of power rankings from major media outlets, the Thunder moved up in all but one of those used on this roundup. They moved as high as No. 16 in one of the rankings, and some reporters noted weird stats from the team, including their home-away differential and the defense’s ability to prevent fast break points.
Oklahoma City is now 8-11 on the season, though many of the power rankings were released Monday morning prior to the loss to the Houston Rockets.
Here’s a rundown of OKC’s placement in power rankings released by major outlets on Monday and Tuesday: