1. San Antonio Spurs (31-8)…While Portland is the surprise team out West so far, the Clippers, Thunder, and Grizzlies are sloshing through injuries, and Golden State and Houston continue to try to feel their ways out, you know who would be the number 1 seed in the West again if the playoffs started today? That’s right.
These guys! See what I did there?
2. Indiana Pacers (30-7)…While it’s obvious by now that Miami doesn’t care about this regular season at all, the Pacers continue to use it as their angry, chippy, smashmouth announcement to the world that they have arrived as a team to be reckoned with. Just please don’t f*** it up and sign Andrew Bynum.
3. Miami Heat (27-11)…Even after losing 3 straight to sub-0.500 Eastern Conference teams, it’s hard to get worried. Hey look, a Greg Oden sighting!
This is some mythical unicorn stuff...
4. Portland Trailblazers (29-9)…I believe their 1st entry on this list in either the top or bottom 5 in 3 seasons, but much deserved. Portland is one of those franchises that the league is just better when they’re good.
5. [Tie] Los Angeles Clippers (27-13) and Oklahoma City Thunder (28-10)…Hard to pick between these 2 Western Conference powers playing without their star point guards. You’d give the edge to LA maybe because Darren Collison has outplayed Reggie Jackson thus far in the replacement role, but then again even with Blake Griffin having a career year Kevin Durant is still Kevin Durant after all.
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