The Los Angeles Lakers had a rough week last week, losing their final three games to drop from the No. 5 seed in the Western Conference all the way down to No. 10. The Los Angeles Clippers went 3-2 in the last week without All-Star point guard Chris Paul, and hope to have him back by Wednesday when they battle the Lakers at Staples Center in a battle of the top two teams in the Pacific Division. Here are the updated NBA standings, through games on Sunday, January 22, 2012.
| Western Conference Standings | |||||
| Rank | Team | Record | Pct | GB | Streak |
| 1 | Oklahoma City* | 13-3 | .816 | --- | won 1 |
| 2 | Denver | 12-5 | .706 | 1½ | won 4 |
| 3 | LA Clippers* | 9-5 | .643 | 3 | won 1 |
| 4 | Memphis* | 9-6 | .600 | 3½ | won 6 |
| 5 | Utah | 10-5 | .667 | 2½ | won 1 |
| 6 | San Antonio | 10-7 | .588 | 3½ | lost 2 |
| 6 | Dallas | 10-7 | .588 | 3½ | won 2 |
| 8 | Portland | 9-7 | .562 | 4 | lost 1 |
| 8 | Houston | 9-7 | .562 | 4 | won 6 |
| 10 | LA Lakers | 10-8 | .556 | 4 | lost 3 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 7-9 | .438 | 6 | lost 1 |
| 12 | Phoenix | 6-9 | .400 | 6½ | won 2 |
| 13 | Sacramento | 6-11 | .353 | 7½ | lost 1 |
| 14 | Golden State | 5-10 | .333 | 7½ | lost 2 |
| 15 | New Orleans | 3-13 | .188 | 10 | lost 7 |
| *Division leader | |||||
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