The NBA community saw its two top teams match up against each other last week as the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors split a pair of games during a couple of highly entertaining battles.
The Suns took the first contest as they eventually extended their winning streak to a franchise-record 18 games before losing to the Warriors on Friday. Phoenix projected to have a difficult time taking both games but look to present a problem for Golden State moving forward.
Elsewhere, the Houston Rockets continued their surprising winning streak while some other teams in the Eastern Conference continue to ascend up the standings. Teams are seemingly beginning to figure things out and that should set up another strong week of action.
To further make sense of it all, Rookie Wire took a look at the NBA and ranked each team from worst to first. We will come back each week and provide our latest assessment on the best teams and those that are rising.