NBA Rankings - 11 Jan

The season is just about to reach the midway point, and the Milwaukee Bucks are still the best team in the league, but the Lakers have won 7 in a row to jump back up to #2 and close the gap with the Bucks. Utah owns the longest current winning streak, with 8 in a row, and it helped move them up into the top 10, while the Warriors have lost 7 in a row after winning several games over the previous couple weeks. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	Seed
1	1	Milwaukee	-9.165	34	6	68	14	1	30	E1
2	5	LA Lakers	-7.479	31	7	65	17	2	8	W1
3	3	Dallas	-5.124	23	15	53	29	5	17	W4
4	4	LA Clippers	-5.115	27	12	57	25	4	9	W2
5	6	Toronto	-4.285	25	13	55	27	6	11	E3
6	2	Boston	-4.09	25	11	55	27	3	29	E4
7	7	Houston	-3.569	25	12	54	28	7	18	W3
8	8	Miami	-2.934	27	11	55	27	8	21	E2
9	10	Philadelphia	-2.87	25	14	52	30	11	19	E5
10	12	Utah	-2.858	26	12	53	29	9	15	W5
11	9	Denver	-2.59	26	11	52	30	10	23	W6
12	13	Oklahoma City	-2.009	22	16	48	34	13	7	W7
13	11	Indiana	-1.583	24	15	48	34	12	28	E6
14	14	Orlando	0.285	18	21	40	42	14	16	E7
15	20	San Antonio	1.302	16	21	37	45	15	13	W8
16	22	New Orleans	1.74	14	25	34	48	21	1
17	15	Portland	2.054	16	23	35	47	17	6
18	17	Phoenix	2.281	15	23	33	49	16	22
19	25	Memphis	2.884	17	22	34	48	23	10
20	16	Brooklyn	2.91	17	20	36	46	18	26	E8
21	18	Sacramento	2.991	15	24	32	50	20	14
22	24	Minnesota	3.032	15	22	32	50	19	20
23	19	Chicago	3.503	13	26	30	52	22	27
24	21	Detroit	4.523	14	25	30	52	24	24
25	23	Washington	4.987	13	25	29	53	25	12
26	27	Charlotte	6.829	15	26	27	55	26	25
27	29	Golden State	7.118	9	31	20	62	27	3
28	28	New York	7.122	10	29	23	59	28	5
29	26	Cleveland	7.542	11	27	23	59	29	4
30	30	Atlanta	7.671	8	31	21	61	30	2

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Bucks over (8) Nets
(2) Heat over (7) Magic
(3) Raptors over (6) Pacers
(4) Celtics over (5) 76ers
(1) Lakers over (8) Spurs
(2) Clippers over (7) Thunder
(6) Nuggets over (3) Rockets
(4) Mavericks over (5) Jazz

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) Celtics
(3) Raptors over (2) Heat
(1) Lakers over (4) Mavericks
(2) Clippers over (6) Nuggets

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Raptors
(1) Lakers over (2) Clippers

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Lakers