NBA Rankings - 11 Mar

The loss of Kevin Durant has slowed the Warriors considerably, with 4 losses in the past 2 weeks, and their lead over the Spurs has been nearly cut in half. They are still the top team in the league and the projected #1 in the West, but they have a lot of company near the top representing the West. Here are my full current rankings, along with my playoff projections:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-9.958	52	13	66	16	W1
2	2	San Antonio	-7.364	50	14	63	19	W2
3	3	Houston	-6.524	45	21	56	26	W3
4	5	Utah	-3.717	41	24	51	31	W4
5	6	LA Clippers	-3.198	39	26	50	32	W5
6	4	Cleveland	-3.107	42	21	53	29	E1
7	7	Toronto	-2.905	38	27	49	33	E4
8	8	Boston	-2.221	41	25	52	30	E2
9	10	Washington	-2.105	40	24	50	32	E3
10	9	Memphis	-1.116	36	29	45	37	W6
11	14	Miami	-0.804	31	34	40	42	E8
12	13	Charlotte	-0.533	29	36	38	44
13	18	Minnesota	-0.501	27	37	35	46
14	11	Oklahoma City	-0.444	36	29	44	38	W7
15	16	Milwaukee	-0.028	31	33	40	42
16	15	Denver	0.0668	30	35	38	44	W8
17	12	Detroit	0.1546	32	33	41	41	E7
18	17	Atlanta	0.7612	36	29	44	38	E5
19	23	Dallas	0.8984	28	36	36	46
20	19	Indiana	0.9427	33	32	41	41	E6
21	21	Portland	1.283	28	35	36	45
22	20	Chicago	1.5482	31	34	39	43
23	24	New Orleans	2.5914	25	40	31	51
24	22	Sacramento	2.6921	25	40	31	51
25	25	New York	2.9507	26	39	33	49
26	26	Phoenix	3.9177	21	44	27	55
27	29	Orlando	5.5052	24	42	29	53
28	28	LA Lakers	5.5951	20	45	25	57
29	27	Philadelphia	5.6004	23	41	29	53
30	30	Brooklyn	7.4268	11	53	17	65

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Cavaliers over (8) Heat
(2) Celtics over (7) Pistons
(3) Wizards over (6) Pacers
(4) Raptors 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

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

Conference Finals

(4) Raptors over (3) Wizards
(1) Warriors over (3) Rockets

NBA Finals

(1) Warriors over (4) Raptors