NBA Rankings - 16 Jan

The NBA's hottest team over the past several weeks has been the Los Angeles Clippers, which have risen into the top 5 for the first time since the preseason with 10 straight wins, which matches the Spurs for the longest current streak in the league. Even with their quick rise, the Clippers are still projected to finish in 4th in the West, where the top tier is very loaded, but the middle tier is pretty weak. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-12.34	35	6	69	13	W2
2	2	Golden State	-10.24	37	3	70	12	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.575	29	12	57	25	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-5.933	28	10	59	23	E1
5	8	LA Clippers	-3.483	26	13	52	30	W4
6	6	Toronto	-3.365	25	15	52	30	E2
7	5	Indiana	-3.157	22	18	48	34	E3
8	7	Boston	-2.978	21	19	47	35	E4
9	10	Detroit	-1.749	21	18	45	37	E5
10	11	Atlanta	-1.232	23	17	45	37	E6
11	13	Charlotte	-1.17	18	21	42	40
12	12	Miami	-1.072	23	17	44	38	E8
13	9	Chicago	-0.601	23	16	45	37	E7
14	14	Dallas	-0.094	23	18	43	39	W5
15	15	Utah	0.308	17	22	39	43	W7
16	17	New York	0.707	20	21	40	42
17	20	Portland	0.802	18	24	37	45
18	16	Orlando	0.855	20	19	39	43
19	22	Washington	1.04	19	19	40	42
20	19	Houston	1.204	21	20	39	43	W8
21	18	Sacramento	1.679	16	23	35	47
22	21	Memphis	2.06	22	19	41	41	W6
23	23	New Orleans	2.836	13	26	32	50
24	25	Denver	3.317	15	25	31	51
25	24	Phoenix	4.077	13	28	28	54
26	27	Milwaukee	4.344	17	25	31	51
27	26	Minnesota	4.761	12	29	25	57
28	28	Brooklyn	6.246	11	29	23	59
29	29	LA Lakers	8.185	9	32	19	63
30	30	Philadelphia	11.04	4	37	11	71

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Cavaliers over (8) Heat
(2) Raptors over (7) Bulls
(3) Pacers over (6) Hawks
(5) Pistons over (4) Celtics
(1) Warriors over (8) Rockets
(2) Spurs over (7) Jazz
(3) Thunder over (6) Grizzlies
(4) Clippers over (5) Mavericks

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (5) Pistons
(3) Pacers over (2) Raptors
(1) Warriors over (4) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(1) Cavaliers over (3) Pacers
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (1) Cavaliers