NBA Rankings - 8 Feb

The hottest team in the league at the time of my last rankings was the coldest team over the last 2 weeks, with Utah losing 5 games in a row before pulling off a close victory over Portland last night. Ironically, the Trail Blazers were the hottest team over the last 2 weeks, winning 5 of 6 before the controversial finish yesterday. 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	-9.64	44	7	69	13	1	30	E1
2	2	LA Lakers	-6.82	38	12	61	20	2	8	W1
3	6	Toronto	-5.29	38	14	59	23	4	26	E2
4	4	LA Clippers	-5.24	36	15	57	24	5	13	W2
5	5	Boston	-5.18	36	15	56	26	3	29	E3
6	3	Dallas	-4.64	31	21	51	31	6	15	W6
7	7	Utah	-3.18	33	18	52	30	7	17	W5
8	8	Houston	-3.1	33	19	52	30	10	11	W4
9	10	Miami	-2.93	34	17	54	28	8	21	E4
10	13	Denver	-2.92	36	16	53	29	9	20	W3
11	11	Oklahoma City	-2.58	32	20	50	32	11	16	W7
12	9	Philadelphia	-1.78	32	21	50	32	13	9	E5
13	12	Indiana	-1.2	31	21	47	35	12	25	E6
14	16	New Orleans	0.466	21	31	37	45	19	1
15	15	San Antonio	0.65	22	29	37	45	14	7
16	17	Portland	0.814	24	29	39	43	18	3	W8
17	18	Phoenix	1.445	21	31	34	48	17	14
18	14	Orlando	1.515	22	30	37	45	20	6	E7
19	19	Memphis	1.53	26	26	38	44	16	22
20	21	Brooklyn	1.931	23	27	37	45	15	28	E8
21	20	Sacramento	2.465	20	31	33	49	21	5
22	22	Chicago	3.849	19	34	30	52	22	24
23	24	Minnesota	4.313	15	35	25	57	24	18
24	23	Detroit	4.339	19	35	28	54	23	27
25	25	Washington	5.236	18	32	29	53	25	23
26	26	New York	5.916	16	36	26	56	26	10
27	29	Atlanta	6.485	14	39	25	57	27	2
28	28	Golden State	7.15	12	40	20	62	28	4
29	27	Charlotte	7.64	16	35	24	58	29	19
30	30	Cleveland	8.275	13	39	20	62	30	12

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) Heat
(3) Celtics over (2) Raptors
(1) Lakers over (5) Jazz
(6) Mavericks over (2) Clippers

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Celtics
(1) Lakers over (6) Mavericks

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Lakers