NBA Power Rankings: Blake Griffin trade shakes things up

Raise your hand if your concerns over this team have evaporated thanks to a two-game winning streak? They lost to the Spurs, 114-102, to start the week, but pulled out wins over the Pacers and Pistons to stabilize things — at least for the moment. It doesn’t seem likely that they’ll get performance from J.R. Smith like they did against Indiana every night, and they’re definitely in the market for help via a trade. They still have LeBron, and that gives them a shot at reaching the Finals, but there are still a lot of holes that need plugging.