Note: These rankings consider both momentum and record. A hot team may get the nod over a squad with a better winning percentage.

Last Week's Hottest: Boston, Portland, Detroit, Dallas, New Jersey, Cleveland, and New Orleans

Last Week's Stinkers: Minnesota, New York, Miami, Seattle, and Orlando

Last Week's Most Noticeable: New Jersey Nets, winners of five straight

1. Boston Celtics (29-3)

Nine straight wins and a payback victory against Detroit give Boston the top spot once again.

The Celtics got their revenge Saturday night against the team that gave them their first home lost of the season.  

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Rookie Glen Davis came off the Celtics bench to score a career-high 20 points in the win against Detroit.

Paul Pierce backed Davis with a 19 point performance in the C's 92-85 victory.

2. Detroit Pistons (26-8)

The Pistons were riding an 11-game winning streak before their loss to Boston.

I'm ready to say that these two teams will meet in Eastern Conference Finals.

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Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton led the way against Boston with 17 and 18 points, respectively.

3. Dallas Maverick (23-11)

The Mavs seem to have Golden State's number, after a 22-point win on Wednesday.

The Mavs are winners of four straight.

Erick Dampier has reached double figures in scoring and rebounded well when he's been healthy.  Dallas sure could use more of that from him down the line. 

The Mavs also need to get their lineup and rotations set—they learned their lesson by not doing that last season.

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The Mavericks blew out the worst team in the league in Minnesota 101-78. The T-Wolves are now losers of eight straight.

Dirk Nowitzki scored a game-high 30 points, while Josh Howard backed him with 22. 

Dirk has been the leading scorer the last nine games for Dallas. 

Dampier missed his second straight game due to injury.

4. San Antonio Spurs (23-9)

The Spurs Big Three reunited last night, when Manu Ginobli returned to the lineup after missing the last five games with a sprained index finger.

Manu came off the bench to score 23 points.

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San Antonio edged the Clippers 88-82 Sunday.

Tony Parker was the leading scorer for the Spurs with 26 points.

5. Phoenix Suns (23-10)

111—that's how many points the Suns averaged per game last week.

Amare Stoudemire was the man, scoring 27.3 PPG.

Of course, that doesn't mean he still doesn't play defense.

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