NBA Rankings - 26 Mar

The hottest team in the league over the past two weeks has been Oklahoma City. The Thunder lost at San Antonio 2 weeks ago today, just like everybody else this season, but they have won 6 in a row since, including road wins at Boston at Indiana and home blowouts of Portland at Utah. The only non-playoff team they have faced in that time was Philadelphia, who they dispatched without any trouble, so a 6-1 record against mostly playoff-level competition is a great sign with they playoffs just weeks away. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-10.78	61	11	68	14	W2
2	2	Golden State	-10.14	65	7	73	9	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.525	50	22	56	26	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-5.051	51	21	58	24	E1
5	8	Atlanta	-3.559	43	30	48	34	E3
6	6	Toronto	-3.497	48	23	55	27	E2
7	5	LA Clippers	-3.101	44	27	52	30	W4
8	7	Boston	-2.769	42	30	48	34	E4
9	9	Charlotte	-1.586	41	31	47	35	E5
10	10	Indiana	-1.285	38	33	45	37	E7
11	11	Miami	-1.158	42	30	46	36	E6
12	14	Utah	-0.984	35	37	41	41	W7
13	13	Portland	-0.67	37	36	42	40	W6
14	12	Detroit	-0.139	39	34	43	39	E8
15	15	Houston	0.4047	36	37	41	41	W8
16	16	Dallas	0.7297	35	37	40	42
17	19	Washington	1.1828	35	37	40	42
18	18	Chicago	1.9658	36	35	41	41
19	17	Memphis	2.2099	41	32	44	38	W5
20	20	Denver	2.3917	31	42	34	48
21	22	Sacramento	2.8408	28	44	32	50
22	23	New York	2.9699	30	43	34	48
23	24	New Orleans	3.1001	26	45	31	51
24	21	Orlando	3.1884	29	43	33	49
25	25	Milwaukee	3.2785	30	43	34	48
26	26	Minnesota	3.9473	24	48	28	54
27	27	Brooklyn	6.564	20	51	23	59
28	28	Phoenix	7.7695	20	52	23	59
29	29	LA Lakers	8.3708	15	57	17	65
30	30	Philadelphia	10.695	9	63	11	71

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

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

Conference Finals

(3) Hawks over (1) Cavaliers
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (3) Hawks