These Power Rankings won’t just rank every team. We will retain the tiers that teams will be promoted into and relegated out of. There will be five tiers every week: • Top Contenders – Locked at five,

As the basketball world turns its eyes toward the NCAA Tournament and the top prospects headed to the teams at the bottom of this rankings, the NBA keeps on rolling (but dials back the number of marquee matchups for a week or two).

The Thunder are 13-1 in their last 14 games. With the league’s longest active win streak at six straight, OKC looks to become the first team this season to reach 60 victories. Leading MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 36.8 points in March (10 games).