NBA Rankings - 3 Dec

The LA Clippers went through a rough patch over the past couple weeks, losing 3 straight road games in the East, but they came back to life at Cleveland and New Orleans, which helped them regain the top spot before it showed up in a weekly ranking. The Milwaukee Bucks also upset Cleveland this week, which helped move them up into potential playoff territory, and it looks like it will be a pretty tight playoff race in the East for the final two spots. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	LA Clippers	-9.891	16	5	65	17	W2
2	2	Golden State	-9.816	16	3	66	16	W1
3	5	Toronto	-7.289	13	6	61	21	E1
4	3	San Antonio	-5.651	16	4	59	23	W3
5	8	Houston	-5.38	13	7	56	26	W4
6	9	Detroit	-4.929	11	10	53	29	E2
7	7	Utah	-4.578	11	9	51	31	W5
8	6	Chicago	-4.141	11	7	52	30	E4
9	4	Cleveland	-3.849	13	5	53	29	E3
10	14	Oklahoma City	-2.325	12	8	47	35	W6
11	11	Charlotte	-1.458	11	8	45	37	E5
12	12	Boston	-0.96	11	8	45	37	E6
13	23	Milwaukee	-0.141	9	8	41	41	E7
14	10	Atlanta	0.1549	10	10	41	41	E8
15	16	Miami	0.2944	7	12	38	44
16	13	Memphis	0.9502	12	8	39	43	W7
17	15	Denver	1.1219	7	12	36	46
18	20	Sacramento	1.1632	7	12	34	47
19	19	New York	1.7129	10	9	38	44
20	18	LA Lakers	1.8082	10	11	37	45	W8
21	17	Minnesota	2.2646	5	14	30	52
22	21	Portland	2.2742	10	10	36	46
23	22	New Orleans	2.6185	7	13	31	51
24	24	Washington	2.891	6	12	32	50
25	25	Indiana	3.7815	9	10	32	50
26	26	Phoenix	4.6801	6	13	26	56
27	29	Orlando	4.9001	8	12	28	54
28	27	Dallas	5.8869	3	15	23	59
29	28	Brooklyn	7.79	5	13	21	61
30	30	Philadelphia	10.132	4	15	15	66

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (4) Bulls
(3) Cavaliers over (2) Pistons
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(2) Clippers over (3) Spurs

Conference Finals

(1) Raptors over (3) Cavaliers
(2) Clippers over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Clippers over (1) Raptors