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Power Rankings: Streaking Rockets stay on top

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Monday, March 17, 2008

They haven't lost a game since losing Yao Ming. They haven't lost a road game since Jan. 2. They haven't lost a game of any sort since Jan. 27. Could the Houston Rockets be jinx-proof? Since moving into the top spot of ESPN.com's weekly NBA Power Rankings for the first time in our six seasons using the current format, the Rockets are merely 4-0, nudging them to the top of the Western Conference standings for the first time this late in the season since -- wow -- 1977. No surprise, then, t ...

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