NBA Rankings - 18 Dec

The Golden State Warriors finally lost a game this week, against the lowly Milwaukee Bucks, but it wasn't enough to shake the champions from the top spot, which they have held all season. The biggest move of the week was made by Cleveland, which beat Orlando, Boston, and Oklahoma City this week, each of which is projected to be in the playoffs. Here are this week's full rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-12.43	25	1	72	10	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-11.62	22	5	68	14	W2
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.092	17	9	56	26	W3
4	4	Indiana	-5.413	15	9	55	27	E1
5	10	Cleveland	-4.531	17	7	55	27	E2
6	5	Boston	-4.493	14	12	52	30	E3
7	7	Charlotte	-4.012	15	10	52	30	E4
8	6	Toronto	-3.379	16	11	51	31	E5
9	9	Chicago	-2.247	15	8	50	32	E6
10	14	Miami	-1.458	15	9	44	38	E8
11	13	LA Clippers	-1.448	16	10	47	35	W4
12	12	Orlando	-1.228	14	11	45	37	E7
13	17	Detroit	-1.039	15	12	44	38
14	8	Utah	-0.69	10	14	42	40	W5
15	11	Atlanta	-0.524	15	12	43	39
16	18	Portland	0.5636	11	16	38	44	W7
17	15	Phoenix	0.7711	11	16	38	44	W8
18	16	Dallas	0.8439	14	12	40	42	W6
19	20	Sacramento	2.4347	10	15	34	48
20	23	New York	2.665	12	14	34	48
21	19	Minnesota	2.7428	9	16	32	50
22	21	Memphis	3.3807	14	13	37	45
23	22	Washington	3.5933	10	14	33	49
24	24	New Orleans	4.0464	7	18	30	52
25	27	Houston	4.0916	13	14	31	51
26	25	Denver	4.2562	11	14	31	51
27	26	Brooklyn	6.0896	7	18	24	58
28	28	Milwaukee	6.215	10	17	25	57
29	29	LA Lakers	9.3349	4	22	16	66
30	30	Philadelphia	11.512	1	26	10	72

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(5) Raptors over (1) Pacers
(6) Bulls over (2) Cavaliers
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(6) Bulls over (5) Raptors
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (6) Bulls