NBA POWER RANKINGS: Where all 30 teams stand heading into the Christmas Day games

Perhaps the biggest take-away of this NBA season, which is closer to the midway point than most would know, has been the unexpectedness of much of it.

The Warriors and Cavs don't lead their respective conferences, instead ceding No. 1 seeds to the Celtics and Rockets.

Playoff stalwarts like the Grizzlies and Clippers have fallen off in the West, while teams we were certain would be bad, like the Knicks and Pacers, are in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race.

There's a lot of games to be played, but as we head into the NBA's Christmas Day spectacle and the end of 2017, here's where all 30 teams stand.