NBA Power Rankings: What to watch over the final two weeks for all 30 teams - ESPN

The NBA's regular season has reached its final two weeks, but most non-lottery teams still have plenty to play for as the schedule winds down.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are attempting to fend off the streaking San Antonio Spurs for the Western Conference's top spot and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. Just below those dueling teams, the Los Angeles Lakers are trying to clinch the West's third seed as the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets chase them.

In the East, the Detroit Pistons have a strong lead atop the conference. But which playoff matchups will follow and which teams will fall into the play-in tournament?

With only a handful of games left on each team's schedule but lots still to be decided, our NBA insiders look at the top storylines to watch for each of the 30 teams in this week's Power Rankings.

Note: Team rankings are based on where members of our panel (ESPN's Anthony Slater, Dave McMenamin, Jamal Collier, Michael C. Wright, Ohm Youngmisuk, Tim Bontemps, Tim MacMahon, Vincent Goodwill and Zach Kram) think teams belong.

Previous rankings: Preseason | Oct. 29 | Nov. 5 | Nov. 12 | Nov. 19 | Nov. 26 | Dec. 3 | Dec. 10 | Dec. 17 | Dec. 24 | Dec. 31 | Jan. 7 | Jan. 14 | Jan. 21 | Jan. 28 | Feb. 4 | Feb. 11 | Feb. 25 | Mar. 4 | Mar. 11 | Mar. 18 | Mar. 25

Jump to a team:
ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTAH | WAS

2025-26 record: 60-16

Previous ranking: 1

Next games: vs. LAL (April 2), vs. UTAH (April 5), @ LAL (April 7)

Does Oklahoma City maintain its grip on the top seed? The Thunder have gone 18-2 across their past 20 games but haven't generated any