NBA Stock Report: The Top Eight Teams and Where They Stand

With the NBA All-Star spectacle out of the way, the season is set to resume the normal course of business and for the league's best that means maintaining their favorable playoff positioning. For teams like Cleveland and Los Angeles that task appears to be simple barring some unseen calamity, because they have consistently created distance between themselves and the other contenders. The race for seeds two through four in both conferences is less settled and in most cases only a game or two separates the teams, so steady performances from here out are critical. Due to the All-Star weekend most teams were the beneficiaries of a short week, but in those few games there were some pivotal match-ups included. Cleveland defeated the Orlando Magic at home and solidified their vice grip in the...

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