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UPDATED POWER RANKINGS COMING NIGHT OF APRIL 28

NBA Power Rankings updated Apr. 6, 2008

1) Boston (61-15) -- Rocking the league with awesome defense

2) New Orleans (54-22) -- InsideHoops feels Chris Paul is tied with Kobe Bryant in league MVP race

3) San Antonio (52-24) -- Never count out the Spurs. Tim Duncan is as good as ever.

4) LA Lakers (52-24) -- Pau Gasol is back, but Andrew Bynum may not return until playoffs

5) Detroit (54-21) -- The well-rounded Pistons have a solid bench this year.

6) Phoenix (51-25) -- After an adjustment the Suns have gotten used to having Shaq

7) Dallas (47-29) -- Unimpressive season but Dirk is back and Kidd chemistry could develop before playoffs

8) Houston (51-25) -- Even after their amazing winning streak we're not sure they're a legit contender

9) Utah (51-26) -- As good as most of the teams above and could easily be ranked higher.

10) Denver (46-30) -- All offense, no defense, which usually doesn't go far in playoffs

11) Orlando (48-28) -- Could go far in weak East playoffs

12) Golden State (46-31) -- All offense, no defense, which usually doesn't go far in playoffs

13) Cleveland (42-35) -- Unimpressive regular season but it's all about the playoffs

14) Philadelphia (39-38) -- Credit Mo Cheeks and entire team for working as a unit, unlike when they just stood watching Iverson

15) Washington (40-37) -- Hard to judge these guys since Gilbert Arenas just returned

16) Toronto (38-39) -- Very average team isn't standing out the way they hoped

17) Portland (38-38) -- A good run earlier in the season, fell back to Earth, and now get ready for Greg Oden next season.

18) Sacramento (36-40) -- Sort of lost in a semi-rebuilding period

19) Atlanta (36-41) -- Played well enough to scrap into sorry East playoffs

20) Indiana (32-44) -- Danny Granger and Mike Dunleavy have been bright spots. Time to rebuild.

21) New Jersey (32-45) -- Rebuild around Devin Harris and Richard Jefferson, though both are supporting stars, not leading superstars.

22) Chicago (30-46) -- Re-signing key players and adding a low post big-man would return Bulls to playoffs

23) Charlotte (29-48) -- Build around Emeka Okafor, Jason Richardson and Gerald Wallace. No one else is key.

24) Milwaukee (26-49) -- A nightmare season for Michael Redd, who was expecting big things, and rightfully so.

25) New York (20-56) -- No chemistry and no basketball IQ, players have individual talents but doesn't work as a team

26) LA Clippers (23-53) -- Future should be decent with Chris Kaman and Elton Brand together next season.

27) Memphis (20-56) -- Rudy Gay and Mike Miller are good complimentary stars but they need to be alongside some true ballers.

28) Minnesota (19-56) -- Al Jefferson is the only clear building block here.

29) Seattle (17-59) -- Kevin Durant got better by the month and is legit. Rookie of Year race is between him and Atlanta's Al Horford.

30) Miami (13-63) -- They were losing like crazy, and then suffered 8,000 injuries. They've been a D-League team.

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