NBA Rankings - 26 Dec

For 24 hours this week, the San Antonio Spurs actually took over the #1 spot from the Golden State Warriors, but they promptly lost to Houston on Christmas to fall back into line at #2. Currently, the Warriors are on pace to finish tied for the best record in league history, and the 76ers are on pace to tie the worst record of all time, so it will be interesting to see whether either record is broken this year, since both have a good chance of falling. Here are this week's full rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-12.05	28	1	72	10	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-11.62	25	6	67	15	W2
3	3	Oklahoma City	-7.194	20	10	58	24	W3
4	5	Cleveland	-4.842	19	8	56	26	E1
5	6	Boston	-4.801	16	13	52	30	E2
6	4	Indiana	-3.779	16	12	50	32	E4
7	8	Toronto	-3.145	18	12	51	31	E3
8	7	Charlotte	-2.648	15	13	48	34	E5
9	15	Atlanta	-1.691	19	12	47	35	E6
10	12	Orlando	-1.425	17	12	45	37	E8
11	14	Utah	-1.329	12	15	44	38	W5
12	11	LA Clippers	-1.274	17	13	45	37	W4
13	9	Chicago	-1.076	16	11	46	36	E7
14	13	Detroit	-1.075	17	13	45	37
15	10	Miami	-0.903	17	11	44	38
16	18	Dallas	0.5195	16	13	41	41	W6
17	19	Sacramento	1.6727	12	17	36	46	W8
18	20	New York	1.8432	14	16	36	46
19	16	Portland	1.9101	11	20	33	49
20	17	Phoenix	1.9314	12	19	34	48
21	23	Washington	2.1396	13	14	37	45
22	25	Houston	2.3324	16	15	36	46
23	22	Memphis	2.8254	16	15	38	44	W7
24	21	Minnesota	3.023	11	18	32	50
25	24	New Orleans	3.1121	9	20	32	50
26	26	Denver	4.421	12	17	30	52
27	28	Milwaukee	5.1795	12	18	28	54
28	27	Brooklyn	5.7017	8	21	24	58
29	29	LA Lakers	10.396	5	25	15	67
30	30	Philadelphia	12.086	1	30	9	73

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(5) Hornets over (1) Cavaliers
(2) Celtics over (6) Hawks
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(5) Hornets over (2) Celtics
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (5) Hornets

Predictions - 26 Dec

Upset picks are in italics.

NBA

Washington at Brooklyn - Wizards by 1
Toronto at Milwaukee - Raptors by 6
Memphis at Charlotte - Hornets by 8
Miami at Orlando - Magic by 3
Houston at New Orleans - Hornets by 1
New York at Atlanta - Hawks by 6
Boston at Detroit - Celtics by 1
Indiana at Minnesota - Pacers by 5
Chicago at Dallas - Mavericks by 1
Denver at San Antonio - Spurs by 18
LA Clippers at Utah - Jazz by 2
Philadelphia at Phoenix - Suns by 12
Cleveland at Portland - Cavaliers by 5

College Basketball

(16) Louisville at (12) Kentucky - Cardinals by 7

Prediction Results

NBA: 3-2 (.600) 277-163 overall (.630)
College Basketball: 3-1 (.750) 1764-466 overall (.791)
Pick of the Day: 41-1 (.976)