NBA Rankings - 25 Feb

The Golden State Warriors have a 4-game lead over the Spurs as we come out of the All-Star break, and that lead is projected to stretch to 7 by the time the season ends, while the Cavs are projected to stretch their lead to 5 over Boston. There has never been a threematch in NBA Finals history, but the odds of it happening this year are the highest they have ever been. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-11.55	48	9	69	13	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-7.675	44	13	62	20	W2
3	3	Houston	-6.221	41	18	57	25	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-4.552	40	16	57	25	E1
5	6	Utah	-4.122	36	22	50	32	W4
6	7	LA Clippers	-3.627	35	23	50	32	W5
7	5	Toronto	-3.342	34	24	49	33	E3
8	8	Boston	-2.546	37	21	52	30	E2
9	9	Memphis	-1.975	34	25	47	35	W6
10	10	Washington	-1.877	34	22	48	34	E4
11	11	Oklahoma City	-0.924	33	25	46	36	W7
12	13	Detroit	0.1153	28	30	41	41	E6
13	12	Charlotte	0.1178	24	33	37	45
14	22	Miami	0.201	26	32	38	44
15	18	Denver	0.6373	26	32	37	45	W8
16	17	Milwaukee	0.6575	25	31	37	45
17	14	Atlanta	0.8051	32	25	44	38	E5
18	20	Minnesota	0.8426	23	35	32	50
19	16	Indiana	0.9768	30	28	40	42	E7
20	15	Chicago	1.1159	29	29	40	42	E8
21	19	Portland	1.4698	24	33	36	46
22	23	Sacramento	1.5018	25	33	35	47
23	21	Dallas	1.6182	22	35	33	49
24	25	New Orleans	2.9614	23	35	32	50
25	24	New York	3.1661	23	35	33	49
26	26	Phoenix	4.0559	18	40	27	55
27	29	Philadelphia	4.8008	22	35	31	51
28	28	LA Lakers	5.0667	19	40	26	56
29	27	Orlando	5.7841	21	38	29	53
30	30	Brooklyn	8.321	9	48	15	67

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (4) Wizards
(3) Raptors over (2) Celtics
(1) Warriors over (5) Clippers
(3) Rockets over (2) Spurs

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Warriors over (3) Raptors