NBA Rankings - 11 Dec

There is a huge gap between the Golden State Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs for the top 2 spots in the NBA rankings, and an even bigger gap between the Spurs and the Thunder at #3. While the strongest teams all reside in the West once again, the East actually appears to be deeper for the first time in more than a decade, with 10 teams projected to finish with winning records, as opposed to 6 in the West. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-13.51	23	0	74	8	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-9.822	18	5	65	17	W2
3	4	Oklahoma City	-6.06	14	8	56	26	W3
4	3	Indiana	-5.052	12	8	54	28	E1
5	6	Boston	-4.977	13	9	54	28	E2
6	5	Toronto	-4.462	14	9	54	28	E3
7	11	Charlotte	-3.72	13	8	52	30	E4
8	9	Utah	-2.747	10	10	47	35	W4
9	8	Chicago	-1.986	12	8	49	33	E5
10	7	Cleveland	-1.849	14	7	48	34	E6
11	12	Atlanta	-1.647	14	10	46	36	E7
12	13	Orlando	-1.417	12	10	45	37	E8
13	15	LA Clippers	-1.406	13	10	45	37	W5
14	10	Miami	-1.236	12	8	43	39
15	16	Phoenix	-0.363	10	13	40	42	W7
16	18	Dallas	-0.018	13	10	42	40	W6
17	14	Detroit	0.0057	12	11	42	40
18	19	Portland	0.5027	9	14	38	44	W8
19	17	Minnesota	1.3623	9	12	37	45
20	22	Sacramento	2.5103	9	15	34	48
21	21	Memphis	3.2051	13	10	37	45
22	23	Washington	3.3348	9	11	33	49
23	20	New York	3.3406	10	14	32	50
24	26	New Orleans	5.0518	5	16	27	55
25	25	Denver	5.2086	8	14	27	55
26	24	Brooklyn	5.3216	7	15	26	56
27	27	Houston	5.4193	11	12	29	53
28	29	Milwaukee	7.2229	9	14	24	58
29	28	LA Lakers	8.0903	3	19	18	64
30	30	Philadelphia	11.076	1	22	11	71

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Pacers over (8) Magic
(2) Celtics over (7) Hawks
(6) Cavaliers over (3) Raptors
(5) Bulls over (4) Hornets
(1) Warriors over (8) Trail Blazers
(2) Spurs over (7) Suns
(3) Thunder over (6) Mavericks
(5) Clippers over (4) Jazz

Second Round

(1) Pacers over (5) Bulls
(2) Celtics over (6) Cavaliers
(1) Warriors over (5) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(2) Celtics over (1) Pacers
(1) Warriors over (2) Spurs

NBA Finals

(1) Warriors over (2) Celtics