ESPN's Basketball Power Index

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ESPN's NBA Basketball Power Index (BPI) is a measure of team strength developed by the ESPN Analytics team. BPI is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance for the rest of the season. BPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. BPI accounts for game-by-game efficiency, strength of schedule, pace, days of rest, game location and preseason expectations.
For more background, see: What is ESPN's NBA Basketball Power Index?

RANK		OFF	DEF	BPI	2-WK CHNG
1. LAC		3.0	5.8	8.8
2. GS		6.8	1.2	8.0
3. SA		2.2	4.0	6.2
4. CLE		4.1	1.2	5.3
5. TOR		3.2	0.6	3.7
6. UTH		0.8	3.0	3.7
7. ATL		-0.1	3.3	3.2
8. BOS		2.3	0.1	2.3
9. HOU		3.3	-1.4	1.8
10. OKC		0.5	0.8	1.4
11. CHA		-0.5	1.8	1.3
12. CHI		1.5	-0.2	1.2
13. DET		-1.0	1.7	0.8
14. MIN		2.6	-2.1	0.5
15. POR		1.4	-1.3	0.1
16. WSH		-1.3	0.1	-1.2
17. IND		-0.8	-0.8	-1.6
18. DEN		-1.3	-0.5	-1.8
19. MEM		-1.6	-0.2	-1.8
20. MIL		-0.4	-1.6	-2.0
21. DAL		-1.8	-0.2	-2.0
22. LAL		-0.3	-1.9	-2.2
23. MIA		-3.6	0.7	-2.9
24. NY		-1.3	-1.7	-3.0
25. SAC		-1.0	-2.2	-3.2
26. NO		-2.3	-1.6	-3.9
27. ORL		-2.5	-2.4	-4.9
28. PHX		-2.9	-2.1	-5.0
29. BKN		-2.9	-2.2	-5.1
30. PHI		-6.0	-1.9	-7.9