NBA Rankings - 2 Mar

The hottest team over the past month has been the Miami Heat, who have gone 8-3 since my last update, losing only to the Clippers, Nuggets, and Celtics, all teams currently in the top 5. It didn't show much in the rankings, where they only moved up 3 spots, but they are very close to getting themselves out of the play-in and into the regular playoff spots. Golden State has been the hottest team in the West, winning 11 of their last 13, which earned them a 6-spot jump in the rankings, but still leaves them stuck as the 9th seed in the West. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Boston	-8.945	47	12	65	17	E1
2	2	Oklahoma City	-6.693	41	18	58	24	W2
3	4	Minnesota	-6.388	42	18	58	24	W1
4	3	LA Clippers	-4.595	38	20	53	29	W4
5	6	Denver	-4.198	41	19	55	27	W3
6	9	New Orleans	-3.864	36	25	49	33	W5
7	8	Cleveland	-3.801	39	20	53	29	E2
8	10	Milwaukee	-3.089	40	21	52	30	E3
9	5	New York	-2.938	35	25	48	34	E5
10	16	Golden State	-2.612	32	27	45	36	W9
11	13	Phoenix	-1.942	35	24	46	36	W7
12	7	Philadelphia	-1.755	34	25	47	35	E6
13	14	Orlando	-1.38	34	26	48	34	E4
14	11	Sacramento	-1.336	34	25	47	35	W6
15	12	Indiana	-1.066	34	27	45	37	E8
16	17	Dallas	-0.738	34	26	45	36	W8
17	20	Miami	-0.389	33	26	46	36	E7
18	15	Houston	0.035	25	34	37	45	OUT
19	18	LA Lakers	0.198	33	28	43	39	W10
20	22	Chicago	1.8019	28	32	38	44	E9
21	21	Brooklyn	1.8749	23	36	34	48	OUT
22	24	Atlanta	2.2336	26	33	35	47	E10
23	19	Utah	2.2435	27	33	35	47
24	23	Toronto	3.156	22	38	31	51
25	25	Memphis	5.1129	20	40	28	54
26	26	Portland	6.6587	16	42	22	60
27	27	San Antonio	6.7555	12	48	18	64
28	29	Detroit	7.8682	9	50	15	67
29	28	Washington	8.5136	9	51	15	67
30	30	Charlotte	9.2196	15	45	19	63

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Heat over (8) Pacers

(9) Bulls over (10) Hawks

(8) Pacers over (9) Bulls

(7) Suns over (8) Mavericks

(9) Warriors over (10) Lakers

(8) Mavericks over (9) Warriors

First Round

(1) Celtics over (8) Pacers in 5

(2) Cavaliers over (7) Heat in 7

(3) Bucks over (6) 76ers in 6

(4) Magic over (5) Knicks in 5

(1) Timberwolves over (8) Mavericks in 5

(2) Thunder over (7) Suns in 5

(3) Nuggets over (6) Kings in 7

(5) Pelicans over (4) Clippers in 7

Second Round

(1) Celtics over (4) Magic in 5

(3) Bucks over (2) Cavaliers in 7

(1) Timberwolves over (5) Pelicans in 7

(2) Thunder over (3) Nuggets in 5

Conference Finals

(1) Celtics over (3) Bucks in 6

(2) Thunder over (1) Timberwolves in 7

NBA Finals

(1) Celtics over (2) Thunder in 7