NBA season is about a third of the way over and by now, we have started to see who teams are. While there are always some surprises along the way, teams typically start to form their identities toward the end of the calendar year.

Our NBA Power Rankings for Week 8 as the Milwaukee Bucks and the Oklahoma City Thunder clash in the NBA Cup championship.

The Bulls have won three of their last four games. Their sole loss even took Jayson Tatum to score 43 points for the Celtics. Before that, Chicago had its most impressive win this year over Boston in their back-to-back against the reigning NBA champions. Zach LaVine went off for 36 points in the win.

The NBA Cup championship game doesn’t count in the regular season standings or statistics. So even though Oklahoma City lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in Las Vegas, it still has the league’s longest active winning streak at seven straight games.

With only a few days left until 2024, all NBA teams will begin 2025 with goals and New Year’s resolutions. Christmas Day was a huge success as all the games were decided by 10 points or less and saw the stars shine on the biggest stage.

Since that Cup run, the Bucks have been fairly average. A rough loss to the Nets showed that they still have some work to do if they want to be taken seriously as a contender to w