The Trail Blazers have seemingly been locked into the 10th spot in the West for much of the past two months, and as it stands right now are equally as far from dropping out of the play-in to 11th as they are from jumping over the Lakers for the ninth position. With no team 7th through 12th in the West going better than 5-5 over their last ten games (Portland is 5-5), there has been little movement in the bottom half of the Western Conference standings in recent weeks. A jam-packed slate of games with mixed results for Portland has stalled their rise up the weekly power rankings following a promising 6-2 stretch in weeks prior.
POWER RANKINGS » Momentum Stalls In Week 16
