NBA Power Rankings - Celts #1, Lakers #5

I know these things are useless in early December but we have hit Sam's 20 game mark of the season and we're rated #1 on the hit parade:

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/powerrankings/12/06/week6/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1

Eye opener: Knicks rated higher than the Bulls.

It's all obviously in the eye of the beholder, but I'd list the Jazz and Nuggets above the Lakers due to strength of schedule so far and the fact that both have won head-to-head games vs. the Lakers. The Lakers should be up there in the end, but they've been underwhelming recently, to say the least.

....and were only gonna get healthier and were already #1