NBA Rankings - 9 Jan

The top 3 teams in the league remained in place this week, while the Eastern Conference remained fluid, with Cleveland taking over the top spot this week. There is currently only a projected 6-game difference between #2 and #8 in the East, so these teams could end up in any order at season's end. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-12	32	6	68	14	W2
2	2	Golden State	-10.76	34	2	71	11	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.535	26	11	57	25	W3
4	6	Cleveland	-5.624	25	9	58	24	E1
5	5	Indiana	-4.087	21	15	51	31	E2
6	7	Toronto	-3.343	23	15	51	31	E3
7	4	Boston	-3.222	19	17	48	34	E5
8	8	LA Clippers	-2.995	23	13	50	32	W4
9	11	Chicago	-2.417	22	12	50	32	E4
10	12	Detroit	-1.998	20	16	46	36	E7
11	9	Atlanta	-1.821	19	12	47	35	E6
12	13	Miami	-1.709	22	14	45	37	E8
13	10	Charlotte	-1.239	17	18	43	39
14	16	Dallas	0.0765	21	16	42	40	W5
15	15	Utah	0.4542	15	20	39	43	W7
16	14	Orlando	0.6235	20	17	40	42
17	22	New York	0.747	18	20	39	43
18	21	Sacramento	1.3015	15	21	36	46
19	20	Houston	1.6359	18	19	37	45	W8
20	17	Portland	1.7474	15	24	34	48
21	19	Memphis	1.8787	20	18	40	42	W6
22	18	Washington	2.5433	15	19	35	47
23	25	New Orleans	3.4687	11	24	30	52
24	23	Phoenix	3.7473	13	26	29	53
25	26	Denver	3.9601	13	24	29	53
26	24	Minnesota	4.6248	12	25	27	55
27	27	Milwaukee	4.7315	15	23	30	52
28	28	Brooklyn	5.626	10	26	24	58
29	29	LA Lakers	8.3115	8	30	18	64
30	30	Philadelphia	11.198	4	34	11	71

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (5) Celtics
(2) Pacers over (6) Hawks
(1) Warriors over (4) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (2) Pacers