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NBA Power Rankings Week 2The 2005/06 season is barely underway, and already star players are going down with injuries. The most notable is Shaquille O'Neal, who will reportedly miss 2-4 weeks with a sprained ankle suffered in the Miami Heat's game against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Also sidelined is the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady, who sat out Saturday night's loss to the New Orleans Hornets and could miss up to three weeks with back spasms. The Phoenix Suns were already missing a key cog coming into the season, as Amare Stoudemire will miss a large chunk of the year as he recovers from arthroscopic knee surgery. Toss in the various aches and pains of the Hawks' Al Harrington (ankle), the Clippers' Corey Maggette (hamstring), the Bucks' Joe Smith (knee), the Magic's Grant Hill (hernia), the Jazz's Carlos Boozer (hamstring), and the Wizards' Caron Butler (thigh), and you can see why not every matchup will be strength-versus-strength in the early going. Even the defending champion San Antonio Spurs have felt the bite of the injury bug; star guard Manu Ginobili has been limited by a thigh bruise. That hasn't been enough, however, to keep Ginobili out of the lineup, and it's also not enough to keep the Spurs out of the rankings' top spot this week. For this edition of the NBA Power Rankings, let's look back at the records and rankings compiled and achieved by each of the 30 teams in the league last season. Listed below is the current 1-through-30 Power Rankings order, as well as each team's record from last season, the ranking at which they started last year, the ranking at which they found themselves prior to the playoffs last year, and the record they compiled during October's preseason schedule. Here is the Week 2 edition of the NBA Power Rankings. 01 - San Antonio Spurs (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 59-23 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 03 2004/05 Regular Season End: 02 Preseason: 2-7 02 - Detroit Pistons (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 54-28 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 01 2004/05 Regular Season End: 06 Preseason: 4-4 03 - Miami Heat (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 59-23 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 07 2004/05 Regular Season End: 03 Preseason: 4-4 04 - Indiana Pacers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 44-38 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 04 2004/05 Regular Season End: 11 Preseason: 5-3 05 - Phoenix Suns (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 62-20 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 13 2004/05 Regular Season End: 01 Preseason: 6-2 06 - Houston Rockets (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 51-31 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 05 2004/05 Regular Season End: 08 Preseason: 6-2 07 - Dallas Mavericks (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 58-24 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 09 2004/05 Regular Season End: 04 Preseason: 6-2 08 - Denver Nuggets (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 49-33 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 08 2004/05 Regular Season End: 05 Preseason: 7-1 09 - Sacramento Kings (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 50-32 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 06 2004/05 Regular Season End: 09 Preseason: 3-5 10 - Washington Wizards (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 45-37 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 27 2004/05 Regular Season End: 12 Preseason: 3-5 11 - Cleveland Cavaliers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 42-40 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 20 2004/05 Regular Season End: 19 Preseason: 5-3 12 - New Jersey Nets (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 42-40 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 25 2004/05 Regular Season End: 16 Preseason: 5-3 13 - Milwaukee Bucks (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 30-52 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 16 2004/05 Regular Season End: 26 Preseason: 3-5 14 - Seattle Supersonics (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 52-30 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 22 2004/05 Regular Season End: 10 Preseason: 3-5 15 - Memphis Grizzlies (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 45-37 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 12 2004/05 Regular Season End: 14 Preseason: 6-2 16 - Chicago Bulls (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 47-35 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 28 2004/05 Regular Season End: 07 Preseason: 3-5 17 - Los Angeles Clippers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 37-45 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 26 2004/05 Regular Season End: 20 Preseason: 6-2 18 - Los Angeles Lakers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 34-48 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 11 2004/05 Regular Season End: 24 Preseason: 6-2 19 - Philadelphia 76ers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 43-39 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 19 2004/05 Regular Season End: 15 Preseason: 3-5 20 - Minnesota Timberwolves (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 44-38 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 02 2004/05 Regular Season End: 17 Preseason: 4-4 21 - Boston Celtics (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 45-37 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 15 2004/05 Regular Season End: 13 Preseason: 3-5 22 - Golden State Warriors (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 34-48 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 24 2004/05 Regular Season End: 18 Preseason: 2-5 23 - Utah Jazz (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 26-56 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 10 2004/05 Regular Season End: 25 Preseason: 2-5 24 - New York Knicks (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 33-49 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 14 2004/05 Regular Season End: 23 Preseason: 3-4 25 - Orlando Magic (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 36-46 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 23 2004/05 Regular Season End: 21 Preseason: 4-3 26 - Charlotte Bobcats (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 18-64 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 30 2004/05 Regular Season End: 28 Preseason: 3-5 27 - New Orleans Hornets (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 18-64 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 18 2004/05 Regular Season End: 27 Preseason: 3-5 28 - Portland Trail Blazers (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 27-55 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 17 2004/05 Regular Season End: 29 Preseason: 2-6 29 - Toronto Raptors (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 33-49 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 21 2004/05 Regular Season End: 22 Preseason: 3-4 30 - Atlanta Hawks (Last Week --)2004/05 Record: 13-69 2004/05 Regular Season Start: 29 2004/05 Regular Season End: 30 Preseason: 3-5
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