After an undefeated week, the Denver Nuggets held onto the wide variety one spot in the contemporary NBA.com strength rankings for week 23.

John Schuhmann of NBA.com compiles the weekly rankings for the league and saved the defending champs at the top.

The Nuggets supplanted the Celtics for the top spot in the rankings two weeks ago after beating Boston for the second time this season. They held the top spot remaining week regardless of dropping a game to the Mavericks on an insane buzzer-beater by using Kyrie Irving.

And they maintain onto their lead this week even though the Celtics have gained nine games in a row because their loss in Denver. But the Nugs have the quality report in the league considering the fact that the All-Star ruin at 14-2, with the only losses coming in beyond regular time to Kevin Durant and the Suns and the aforementioned Irving heroics.

Number 1 seed in the Western Conference up for grabs

With the Oklahoma City Thunder loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night, the Nuggets were also capable to cross up to the wide variety one seed in the Western Conference by means of half of a sport with just 11 video games left in the regular season.

Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic sat out in the team’s most current win over the shorthanded Blazers, and these stars may well proceed to rest over the subsequent few weeks. But the group has a favorable schedule down the stretch with two games towards the Grizzlies, two towards the Spurs, and solely one avenue recreation in opposition to a crew with a triumphing file – the reeling Clippers.

Denver need to be capable to walk the tightrope of getting their guys lots of rest, while additionally competing for the top seed in the West and homecourt gain till the NBA Finals.

The rest of the energy rankings

The only change in the pinnacle 5 of the rankings used to be the Bucks leapfrogging the Thunder after trouncing them in Milwaukee. The Celtics remained at 2nd, the Bucks jumped to 3rd, the Thunder fell to 4th, and the Timberwolves stayed at 5th.

The biggest risers in the electricity rankings were the Grizzlies shifting up from twenty seventh ultimate week to 23rd this week. While the greatest drop of the week belonged to the Warriors who plummeted from sixteenth to 19th in the league.