Boston holds steady in latest Bleacher Report weekly power rankings

We take issue with the Nuggets staying on top despite dropping a game to the Dallas Mavericks last week.

The Boston Celtics have held steady in the latest round of Bleacher Report’s weekly NBA power rankings put together by league analyst Andy Bailey. The Celtics now remain in the second spot of the power rankings this week, behind the Denver Nuggets and ahead of the Oklahoma City Thunder. “Wednesday’s 3-point win over the Giannis Antetokounmpo-less Milwaukee Bucks was closer than expected, but the … Celtics are now 18-2 in their last 20 games,” he writes.

“And with each of the 6 wins prior to Wednesday being by double-digits, Boston’s season-long point differential sits at plus-11.52,” notes the B/R analyst.

“Only the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers, 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks, 1995-96 Chicago Bulls and 2016-17 Golden State Warriors had bigger averages for margin of victory.”

We take issue with the Nuggets staying on top despite dropping a game to the Dallas Mavericks last week. But considering the neck-and-neck returns from each team this season, it is a close race indeed, and we don’t have too much umbrage at this conflicting point of view.

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