The NBA is inside the final month of the 2021-22 regular season as teams around the league continue to gear up for the playoffs or their offseason plans.
The playoff battles in both conferences look to be heating up with some teams vying for spots in the play-in tournament and others looking to secure homecourt seeding higher up in the standings. With more teams in contention, thanks to the play-in tournament, the final stretch of the season should be highly entertaining.
To make further sense of it all, Rookie Wire took a look at the NBA and ranked each team from worst to first. We come back each week and provide our latest assessment on the best teams and those that are rising.
Houston Rockets (17-51)
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Last Rank: 30
The Rockets have gone just 2-8 over their last 10 games but picked up an impressive win on Wednesday over the Los Angeles Lakers. Jalen Green scored a career-high 32 points, including 19 combined in the fourth quarter and overtime period, to lead…