NBA Power Rankings: Can the Clippers stay atop the West?
Kawhi Leonard & Co. have the NBA's best record, but did they do enough to capture the No. 1 spot in our rankings?
























Kawhi Leonard & Co. have the NBA's best record, but did they do enough to capture the No. 1 spot in our rankings?
— Christian Wood scored 27 points and the Houston Rockets extended their winning streak to five games with a 126-112 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.
— Victor Oladipo scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets shook off a terrible first quarter and held on late to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 104-101 on Thursday night.
An exchange of "basic basketball trash talk" between Houston's John Wall and Washington's Russell Westbrook led to double technical fouls in their first meeting since being traded for each other before training camps opened.
— John Wall scored 24 points in his first game against his former team, leading the Houston Rockets to a 107-88 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
The new Rockets guard wrote a letter titled "Saying Goodbye" to officially move forward from the ruptured quad tendon he suffered in 2019.
No team in the NBA this season has had a longer win streak than the Jazz. But they're not the only red-hot West team heading into Week 6.
DeMarcus Cousins broke out of his early-season slump with a 28-point, 17-rebound, 5-assist night in the Rockets' win over the Mavericks on Saturday.
— Eric Gordon scored a season-high 33 points, DeMarcus Cousins had his best game for Houston with 28 points and 17 rebounds and the Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 133-108 on Saturday night.
The Cavaliers have traded Kevin Porter Jr. to the Rockets for a future second-round pick, which, sources told ESPN, is top-55-protected.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis | 8 | 6 | .571 | - | W6 |
| San Antonio | 11 | 9 | .550 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 9 | 9 | .500 | 1 | W5 |
| Dallas | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3 | L5 |
| New Orleans | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3 | L1 |
| YEAR | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 9 | 9 | .500 |
| 2019-20 | 44 | 28 | .611 |
| 2018-19 | 53 | 29 | .646 |
| 2017-18 | 65 | 17 | .793 |
| 2016-17 | 55 | 27 | .671 |