NBA Rankings - 21 Jan

Every team has now reached the midway point of the season, and the hottest team right now is a huge surprise, the Philadelphia 76ers. The league's laughingstock for the past several years has won 8 of their past 10, including the last 3 in a row. It has been pointed out that they are only 4.5 games out of the playoffs right now, but so are the Phoenix Suns, the worst team in the West. Here are my full current rankings. Adjust by 2.26 for home court advantage to determine projected point spread.

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-11.42	37	6	70	12	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-8.178	33	9	63	19	W2
3	3	Houston	-6.473	33	13	59	23	W3
4	4	Toronto	-5.131	28	15	56	26	E2
5	6	LA Clippers	-4.563	29	15	52	30	W4
6	5	Cleveland	-4.193	30	11	57	25	E1
7	7	Utah	-3.875	28	16	52	30	W5
8	8	Boston	-2.173	26	16	50	32	E3
9	10	Charlotte	-1.904	22	21	44	38	E5
10	11	Oklahoma City	-1.346	25	19	45	37	W6
11	12	Memphis	-1.312	26	19	45	37	W7
12	14	Atlanta	-0.203	25	18	45	37	E4
13	9	Milwaukee	0.095	20	22	40	42	E7
14	13	Detroit	0.162	20	24	40	42	E8
15	16	Washington	0.257	23	19	42	40	E6
16	19	Minnesota	0.652	15	28	33	49
17	15	Chicago	1.256	21	23	38	44
18	22	Denver	1.483	17	24	35	47	W8
19	17	Indiana	1.674	22	20	39	43
20	18	Portland	1.901	18	27	34	48
21	21	New York	2.49	19	25	35	47
22	23	New Orleans	2.642	17	27	31	51
23	20	Sacramento	2.732	16	26	31	50
24	24	Dallas	3.138	14	29	30	52
25	26	Miami	3.213	13	30	29	53
26	28	Phoenix	3.991	13	29	28	54
27	25	LA Lakers	4.42	16	31	28	54
28	27	Orlando	4.456	18	27	31	51
29	29	Philadelphia	5.352	15	26	27	54
30	30	Brooklyn	7.826	9	33	19	63

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (5) Hornets
(2) Raptors over (3) Celtics
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(3) Rockets over (2) Spurs

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Warriors over (2) Raptors