NBA Rankings - 28 Feb

The Clippers are one of the hottest teams in the league since the All-Star Break, even though they are only 3-2 in that time. Among those wins was a 19-point win over the Spurs, who are still #1 in my rankings, and one of the losses was a 3-point defeat against Golden State, so they were expected to go 3-2 over that span. Here are this week's full rankings and playoff projections:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-11.09	50	9	68	14	W2
2	2	Golden State	-10.62	53	5	73	9	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-5.816	41	18	55	27	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-5.449	41	16	59	23	E1
5	6	LA Clippers	-4.346	38	20	53	29	W4
6	5	Toronto	-4.04	39	18	55	27	E2
7	7	Boston	-3.283	35	25	49	33	E3
8	8	Atlanta	-1.734	32	27	44	38	E6
9	9	Indiana	-1.635	31	27	45	37	E4
10	11	Charlotte	-1.024	30	27	45	37	E5
11	13	Portland	-0.761	31	28	42	40	W6
12	12	Detroit	-0.614	30	29	42	40	E8
13	10	Utah	-0.5	28	30	40	42	W8
14	14	Miami	-0.022	32	26	43	39	E7
15	18	Houston	0.9785	29	30	40	42
16	17	Dallas	1.0248	31	28	41	41	W7
17	16	Memphis	1.1099	34	24	44	38	W5
18	15	Chicago	1.1554	30	28	42	40
19	22	Washington	1.6759	27	30	39	43
20	19	Orlando	2.0495	25	32	36	46
21	20	Denver	2.256	23	36	34	48
22	21	Sacramento	2.2899	24	33	35	47
23	24	New Orleans	2.6846	23	35	33	49
24	23	New York	2.7228	25	35	34	48
25	26	Milwaukee	3.8373	24	35	33	49
26	25	Minnesota	3.9182	19	40	27	55
27	28	Brooklyn	6.5531	17	42	24	58
28	27	Phoenix	6.9277	15	44	22	60
29	29	LA Lakers	8.5751	11	49	17	65
30	30	Philadelphia	10.31	8	50	13	69

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (5) Hornets
(2) Raptors over (6) Hawks
(1) Warriors over (4) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (2) Raptors