I wrote about this club four years ago — 17 of the last 18 NBA champions have won 40 regular-season games before their 20th loss. The Oklahoma City Thunder, Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics are in,

The NBA has resumed its schedule after the All-Star break. Only one-third of the season is left before the playoffs start. While there will be plenty of drama for most of the seeding, the top of each conference is basically settled with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers.

Houston's drop in the standings is reflected in NBA.com's latest power rankings, written by John Schuhmann. The team was once in the top tier of the league but is barely making the top 10 at this point, ranking ninth. The Rockets dropped one spot from last week, as the Indiana Pacers have jumped multiple teams from 11th to sixth.

Post-trade deadline, all eyes are on the Los Angeles Lakers . Not only have they won 12 of their last 14 games, climbing to fourth place in the Western Conference, but they added one of the top-three players in the league in Luka Doncic to their roster.