The first round of the 2026 NBA playoffs has been so wild that they demand some power rankings in one form or another. We cannot sit idly by while the top-seeded Detroit Pistons are in danger of losing in the opening round or Nikola Jokić’s Denver Nuggets face elimination.

We're separating the 16 playoff teams into three categories based on their title viability

Two Eastern Conference teams, the Pistons and Celtics, round out the top five.

Here are the final USA TODAY Sports’ NBA power rankings of the 2025-26 regular season.

After packed, 15-game, 30-team slates on both Friday and Sunday, every organization in the NBA has logged its 82 games. The 2025-26 regular season is over. And now, it's time to sort through the entire league with the same criteria that has guided us through this weekly exercise for years: team and individual numbers,

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RotoWire highlights the top fantasy basketball performers from the final week of the 2025-26 NBA regular season.