The San Antonio Spurs are the best team in the NBA.

[Bambililos]

Then why is spurs first? It cant be alphabetical. Random? or PF?

Iirc, the team with the best away record is ahead in the rankings.

[Captivus]

So Indiana doesn't get to claim the tie?

No!
Actually...we do have 2 more road wins than they do...
Easy schedule until now, I would be concerned if the Spurs were 5-5, but 9-1 against average teams is very good.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

It should be noted, our only loss was on the road against the team with the 2nd best record in the NBA.

[will_spurs]

Then why is spurs first? It cant be alphabetical. Random? or PF?

I don't remember the exact order but I think it's win-loss ratio > road record > conference record > divisional record > head-to-head.

(divisional record might come into play only if opponent is in same division, not sure)

Indiana is 3-1 on the road (75%), the Spurs are 5-1 (83%).

[will_spurs]

Actually the tie-breaking rules are explained here: http://www.nba.com/standings/team_re...=iref:nba:gnav

... and they aren't what I remembered. However the criterion that seems to apply this case, since the Pacers and Spurs haven't played against each other yet and aren't in the same division, seems to be Conference record, which should favor the Pacers. So I'm really not sure why the Spurs are 1st.

[313]

It should be noted, our only loss was on the road against the team with the 2nd best record in the NBA.

The Blazers are sneaky good this season tbh and could make a little noise in the playoff race, if not the playoffs

[james evans]

something else that doesn't change, out of the top 16 teams in the nba, 10 of them are from the west. and that's just for now, will probably be like 12 or 13 by the season end..

[Uriel]

The Spurs are #1 in virtually all Power Rankings across the Internet.

NBA.com: http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/
ESPN.com (Marc Stein): http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings
ESPN.com (John Hollinger): http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings
SI.com: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba...ets/index.html

[Russo21]

70 games left? gonna be a looonnngg season

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I'd love to say that too, but it's only 10 games into the season. But still, considering how inconsistent Tim has played this season, it's a pretty good start

[Uriel]