With less than two weeks to go in the regular season, teams around the NBA continue to fight for playoff positioning as each remaining game proves a battle with time winding down.
A record 26 teams are still mathematically alive for the playoffs. The play-in race in each conference has enabled several teams to continue playing meaningful basketball late in the season after missing the playoffs last year.
To make further sense of it, Rookie Wire took a look at the NBA and ranked each team from worst to first. We come back each week and provide our latest assessment of the best teams and those that are rising.