NBA Power Rankings 2007-2008 Week 12

The Sacramento Kings have won five of their last seven games and two out of three on the road. They climb to 17th in Marc Stein's weekly NBA power rankings. This ties their highest ranking of the season in week 8.

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We see it every season and the Kings are this season's nominee: One scrappy team out West that can torture itself with this less-than-comforting thought: ''We'd be a playoff team for sure if we were in the East.''