NBA Power Rankings: Jazz climbing fast, still chasing Bucks, Lakers

In the last 15 games, Denver has looked like the team we expected going into the season: Winning games (11-4) thanks to an elite offense led by Nikola Jokic (second best in the NBA in the last 15), but that masks a troubling defense (28th in the NBA over that same stretch). The impressive Nuggets defense from the first part of the season is gone, and if it doesn't make a return — or the Nuggets don't make a trade to boost it — that end of the floor could have them fishing in Cabo earlier than they expected this postseason. Clippers (28-13, LW 6).