NBA Rankings - 16 Feb

The NBA has finally reached its All-Star break, and there are 3 teams who have already reached 41 wins, guaranteeing them a record of at least .500 for the season. Milwaukee remains in the top spot, which they have held since they finished their first game of the season, and they still hold a sizable lead over the streaking Warriors. The Magic are the hottest team going in to the break, riding a 5-game winning streak, and they have also won 7 of their last 8, including wins over Indiana, Brooklyn, Charlotte, and Milwaukee, and they have now moved up into playoff position. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	PO Seed
1	1	Milwaukee	-7.955	43	14	63	19	1	26	E1
2	2	Golden State	-5.946	41	16	59	23	2	18	W1
3	4	Toronto	-4.762	43	16	59	23	4	20	E2
4	3	Boston	-4.175	37	21	52	30	3	29	E3
5	6	Oklahoma City	-4.151	37	20	52	30	5	25	W3
6	7	Utah	-3.61	32	25	49	33	9	4	W5
7	5	Denver	-3.352	39	18	53	29	7	22	W2
8	11	Indiana	-3.068	38	20	52	30	6	30	E4
9	8	Portland	-2.976	34	23	49	33	10	8	W4
10	9	Philadelphia	-2.733	37	21	52	30	8	24	E5
11	13	Houston	-1.948	33	24	47	35	11	7	W6
12	10	San Antonio	-1.033	33	26	46	36	12	6	W7
13	12	New Orleans	-0.496	26	33	38	44	13	9
14	14	LA Clippers	-0.362	32	27	45	37	14	5	W8
15	16	Minnesota	-0.03	27	30	39	43	15	14
16	15	Dallas	0.5363	26	31	38	44	20	10
17	25	Orlando	0.8168	27	32	39	43	17	16	E7
18	20	Sacramento	1.1157	30	27	41	41	21	11
19	21	Miami	1.3536	26	30	38	44	16	23
20	18	Brooklyn	1.6225	30	29	40	42	18	27	E6
21	22	Detroit	1.6998	26	30	38	44	23	19	E8
22	17	LA Lakers	1.7138	28	29	39	43	22	15
23	19	Charlotte	1.7786	27	30	37	45	19	28
24	23	Memphis	3.1036	23	36	32	50	25	2
25	24	Washington	3.2312	24	34	34	48	24	21
26	26	Atlanta	7.2997	19	39	25	57	26	17
27	29	Chicago	7.5823	14	44	21	61	27	13
28	28	New York	8.1646	11	47	18	64	28	3
29	27	Phoenix	8.6813	11	48	17	65	29	1
30	30	Cleveland	10.295	12	46	17	65	30	12

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Bucks over (8) Pistons
(2) Raptors over (7) Magic
(3) Celtics over (6) Nets
(5) 76ers over (4) Pacers
(1) Warriors over (8) Clippers
(2) Nuggets over (7) Spurs
(3) Thunder over (6) Rockets
(5) Jazz over (4) Trail Blazers

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (5) 76ers
(3) Celtics over (2) Raptors
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(3) Thunder over (2) Nuggets

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Celtics
(1) Warriors over (3) Thunder

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Warriors