Are the Los Angeles Lakers the best team in the NBA bubble right now?
Nope. They’re struggling on offense.
The Milwaukee Bucks? Close, but no.
How about the Los Angeles Clippers? You can’t pick a team that just lost to the Brooklyn Nets.
According to our Mike Sykes, it’s the defending champs, who are doing it all without Kawhi Leonard. Defensively, they’re on a tear, and they get offense from everywhere, from Pascal Siakam to Fred VanVleet to Kyle Lowry to one of the NBA’s deepest benches.
Check out how some of those other teams landed on Sykes’ power rankings.
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