Welcome back to the NBA Cellar Dweller Power Rankings!
We’re getting to a point in the season where a loss to any one of these featured teams could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and sends a team into a rebuild. We had two potential cases of that this week that didn’t end up breaking any teams up: the Miami Heat got absolutely smoked by the Utah Jazz, and the Charlotte Hornets cleanly disposed of a floundering Phoenix Suns team.
If you’d like a refresher, here’s last week’s column.
6. Utah Jazz
Last week’s ranking: 3
This week’s record: 2-1 (Wins over Miami and Orlando, loss to Atlanta)
Net rating: -6.