Updated: February 5, 2007, 12:20 PM ET

Power Rankings: Suns stumble to No. 2; Wizards drop six spots

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By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

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The bad news in the desert: Phoenix just lost two games in the same week for the first time since the second week of the season ... and lost its No. 1 ranking in the process.

The solace for the Suns: It's suddenly not such an insult to be known as the Colts of the NBA, as they're often described.

Defeats to Minnesota and Utah, after a glorious 33-2 stretch, have dropped Phoenix back down to No. 2 in the ESPN.com NBA Power Rankings, with the Dallas Mavericks reclaiming the top spot they've held for all but one week in 2007. You'll also note that the top six slots are all filled by Western Conference teams, with Washington taking the biggest tumble (from No. 4 to No. 10) after two heavy defeats (to the Raptors and Lakers) and losing Antawn Jamison to injury.

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2006-07 Power Rankings: Week 14
RANKTEAM / RECORD TRENDINGCOMMENTS
1
Dallas
39-9
1
Last Week: 2		25-2 since Dec. 11, 15 straight wins at home, 27-6 vs. West teams ... and swimming in fresh vengeance fuel after Josh Howard's omission as an All-Star reserve.
2
Phoenix
37-10
1
Last Week: 1		Dropping to 0-3 vs. Utah is undeniably disconcerting, but not as troubling for Suns as facing 35 more games with a seven-man rotation and injuries starting to crop up.
3
Utah
31-17
3
Last Week: 6		You usually don't promote teams that just lost their top scorer for a month. But Jazz, after blowing five fourth-quarter leads in January, also just beat Spurs and Suns.
4
1
Last Week: 3		In their last two title seasons? In '02-03, Spurs were also 32-16 after 48 games. Yet in '04-05, they were a tidy 38-10, six games ahead of Mavs instead of seven behind.
5
Houston
29-17
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Last Week: 5		Our bad. Rockets should've been ahead of Wiz even before Wiz lost Jamison, with Houston sweeping the season series and now somehow up to 13-7 without Yao.
6
3
Last Week: 9		Kobe gets suspended! Kobe hears an MVP chant in Boston! Kobe grills Arenas! Kobe seethes seeing LeBron avoid suspension! And this crazy trip is only half over.
7
Detroit
28-18
1
Last Week: 8		I know, I know: Pistons already have 18 losses, same as last season. But they care far more about these numbers: Pistons are now 7-3 with Webber and 15-9 on the road.
8
Chicago
28-20
1
Last Week: 7		After Ben Gordon's East snub, Bulls still haven't had an All-Star since MJ retired in 1998. And Skiles, who loves being the unappreciated underdog, still doesn't mind.
9
Indiana
26-21
1
Last Week: 10		Warriors were widely proclaimed winners in the big trade last month with Indy, but it's Pacers who have won six of seven to go a season-high five games over .500.
10
6
Last Week: 4		I was wrong: Simmons did write Wiz would win their division before the season began. Yet I think we'd all agree Wiz better see a swift return from Jamison to stay there.
11
Toronto
25-23
1
Last Week: 12		Two games over .500? Three-game division lead? The committee is getting ahead of ourselves, true, but can't help dreaming of Canada in the spring (and in the playoffs).
12
2
Last Week: 14		Since stumbling to a bad loss in Atlanta on Jan. 6, Clips are 9-4. The next five games, all roadies in the East, should tell us if this is going to be a lasting recovery.
13
Miami
22-25
5
Last Week: 18		Heat look a lot more serious since surrendering 52 points to Knicks' Crawford. Maybe that woke up the champs like their big loss in Dallas around this time last season.
14
1
Last Week: 15		Not sure who might be the new scapegoat in Minny: Wolves are 2-5 since Casey's firing and a deflating 0-3 since so impressively halting Suns' 17-game win streak.
15
4
Last Week: 11		Since going a season-high 10 games over .500, Cavs have dropped eight of 12 ... and their best game in that stretch, strangely, was the one LeBron sat out injured.
16
NO/Oklahoma City
21-26
4
Last Week: 20		Wouldn't it be something if injury-riddled Hornets, who unraveled late last season, kept rallying all the way back into contention this season now that Paul is back?
17
5
Last Week: 22		Maybe we did go a bit overboard on the Matt Carroll stuff. But Bobs are still rising, at 11-8 since their 7-21 start, despite Carroll scoring just 9.4 ppg in his last five.
18
New Jersey
22-26
2
Last Week: 16		If they don't end up winning the worst division in creation, it'll probably be because Nets have to be leading the league in excruciating, heart-ripped-out losses.
19
Denver
23-22
6
Last Week: 13		Tell me you're not surprised West coaches bypassed Melo after all that public ''support.'' Tell me you didn't think they'd admit it if they didn't plan to vote for him.
20
Orlando
25-23
1
Last Week: 19		With Grant Hill injured anew during this 3-9 skid, you wonder now if Magic -- once miles ahead of Miami in the Fla. standings -- can even hang onto their playoff spot.
21
4
Last Week: 17		Can't spell it out better than Baron Davis, who sounds as disgusted as we are when he says: ''How are we going to be a playoff team when we can't win on the road?''
22
1
Last Week: 21		Blazers' 14 straight months without a winning record is now the NBA's longest drought. The consolation: With two more W's, Blazers top last season's win total. Already.
23
Atlanta
18-28
5
Last Week: 28		At 9-8 in 2007 and just 3½ games out of a playoff spot, Hawks are suddenly just competitive enough to be justifiably peeved by Joe Johnson's All-Star snub.
24
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Last Week: 24		Sorry, Gotham. There were no conspiracies to keep Eddy Curry off the East All-Star team. He simply needed to rebound more and Knicks needed to win more.
25
1
Last Week: 26		If Kings play well again under Scotty Brooks, as they did in beating Denver, calls for Brooks to replace Musselman will become a Sacto staple. You watch.
26
Seattle
17-30
1
Last Week: 25		Even though Ray Allen ranked as the league's top scorer in January by averaging 30.4 ppg, Hill is back on the hot seat with Sonics dropping 14 in a row on the road.
27
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Last Week: 27		It's nothing Sixers can really celebrate if the goal is scoring a top-two pick, but it is a fact: Philly is 10-15 since trading Iverson, no worse than Denver's 9-13 mark.
28
5
Last Week: 23		Redd's back this week to swing back at East coaches who spurned him. Which isn't so far-fetched: Bucks are 11-9 when Redd, Mo Williams, Villanueva are all in the lineup.
29
Memphis
12-36
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Last Week: 29		The star is on the trading block. The owner is still trying to sell the team. The GM reportedly just put his house on the market. Must be fun working in Grizz ticket office.
30
Boston
12-34
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Last Week: 30		You have to go back a month for their last W: Jan. 5. My theory: Celts are convinced Red Auerbach will make sure -- from above -- that they score in the lottery this time.
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