NBA Power Rankings: Spurs Reign Over Chaos, As Knicks Await Glory’s Final Judgment

Our SBNation.com NBA Power Rankings try to sort out to carnage before the All-Star break and trade deadline through everything back into flux.

3. Boston Celtics (39-14, Prev: #3) -- That said, Boston has a huge tiebreaker advantage over Miami and half-game lead after Sunday’s win. The Celtics are 27-7 at home in the past three postseason. If a playoff series between the C’s and Heat is played in Boston, Miami has a tough slog.

But the trade deadline is less than 10 days away, which means that the Knicks and other teams in the bottom half of our SBNation.com NBA Power Rankings will have a blueprint soon.

16. New York Knicks (27-26, Prev: #14) -- That .500 basketball is such a Valhalla for Knicks fans tells you both how incredibly passionate Knicks fans are and how awful the previous decade had been. But that said, a 4-0 sweep out of the first round won’t keep the warm-fuzzies around all offseason. Can Donnie Walsh deliver a promised second star?