New NBA Power Rankings for 16 Teams in 2026 Playoffs: Where Do Knicks & Celtics Land?
Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images After 82 games and the latest edition of the Play-In Tournament, the 2026 NBA Playoffs are finally here. The postseason schedule kicks off tonight with a quartet of matchups, including the Atlanta Hawks in Gotham to battle the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets visiting LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. So, who are the best teams heading into this year’s postseason?
Our new NBA power rankings for the 2026 playoffs look to answer that question. 16. Orlando Magic Mike Watters-Imagn Images There were very high hopes for the Orlando Magic in 2025-26 after they gave up a boatload of draft assets to land Grizzlies veteran Desmond Bane .
However, he has not made the impact on offense that they hoped for, and Franz Wagner suiting up in just 31 games has only made things worse. But the biggest surprise this season was the Magic’s regression on defense. They went from giving up just 105.
5 PPG (No. 1 in the NBA) in 2024-25 to 115. 3 this season.
That is a major reason why they are big underdog against the Pistons. 15. Portland Trail Blazers Mark J.
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