Orlando moved up into the Top 5 of my weekly power rankings
Here's week 4 of my power rankings.
1 Los Angeles Lakers
They are still on top. Still best team and record in the league. Kobe and Gasol are dominating teams and Odom is playing pretty well off the bench. We just need Andrew Bynum to act like he did before he was injured last year. I remember Christmas last year, the Lakers played the Suns and Bynum had 28 points and 12 rebounds. That's what w! e need to see out of him.
2 Boston Celtics
They just beat the Raptors 118-103, and improved to 13-2. They have won their last 11 of 12 games {because of a loss on November 1st to Indiana}. They have really good teamwork and chemistry. It's not just the Big Three. Rondo, Garnett, and Tony Allen {not Ray, TONY} all had 15 points, and then center Kendrick Perkins had 12 while Pierce and Eddie House had 11 apiece. That's good teamwork. That's how they won the championship last year.
3 Cleveland Cavaliers
There's all this talk about LeBron James being a Free Agent in 2010, but I think he should stick with his hometown Cavs. The Knicks and Nets would be terrible teams for him, unless the Nets kept Vince Carter. His team can only get better from now. Why did they make so many trades {like for Ben Wallace, Maurice Williams, etc.}? Because of LeBron. He's asked for a ton of new roste! r changes, and so he should stay. He can't just run away.
But any way, the Cavs are 3rd in the league right now, 2nd in the East. LeBron is averaging 29.1 points a game, first in the league, and that's mainly why they are playing good so far.
4 Orlando Magic
They jumped in the rankings mainly because they have won 8 of their last 10 games. But Dwight Howard is putting forth a good effort to lead his team by leading the league in blocks, being 2nd in rebounds, and averaging 20.6 points a game. He's going to be so much more dominant in the future, and maybe Orlando will win their first title ever.
5 Detroit Pistons
In the last 10 games, they are 6-4. AI was a good trade in some ways, but in other ways they should have kept Chauncey. But, they have played the majority of their games on the road, where they are 5-3. At home, they are 4-1. Maybe it's some of that weird homecourt advantage crap that people are talking about all the time. It's all in the head. I'm not just looking at the Pistons fans, I'm looking a! t the Jazz fans, too.
