While the NBA and its fans are focused on the upcoming trade deadline, the games keep coming — and the best keep separating themselves from the rest. 1. Oklahoma City Thunder (35-7, Last Week No. 2).

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We're not quite in barrel-scrapping territory in the East ... but it's pretty close. Out West, things are more competitive.