NBA Rankings - 2 Jan

Stephen Curry sat out two games this week, and the result was loss #2 for the Warriors this year, and a drop from the top spot in my rankings for the first time this year. They are still projected to finish with the best record in the league, and even set a new record for wins in a season, but right now the best team is San Antonio, which also has a small chance at breaking Chicago's win record. Here are this week's full rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	2	San Antonio	-11.91	28	6	68	14	W2
2	1	Golden State	-10.75	30	2	71	11	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.744	23	10	57	25	W3
4	5	Boston	-4.189	18	14	51	31	E2
5	6	Indiana	-3.729	18	14	50	32	E4
6	4	Cleveland	-3.647	21	9	53	29	E1
7	7	Toronto	-3.507	21	13	51	31	E3
8	12	LA Clippers	-2.348	21	13	49	33	W4
9	9	Atlanta	-2.133	19	12	49	33	E5
10	8	Charlotte	-2.071	17	15	46	36	E7
11	13	Chicago	-1.923	19	12	48	34	E6
12	14	Detroit	-1.208	18	15	44	38	E8
13	15	Miami	-1.127	19	13	43	39
14	10	Orlando	-0.809	19	14	44	38
15	11	Utah	-0.402	14	17	41	41	W6
16	16	Dallas	-0.267	19	14	43	39	W5
17	19	Portland	0.9116	14	21	36	46	W8
18	21	Washington	1.5833	15	16	38	44
19	23	Memphis	2.1484	18	16	39	43	W7
20	22	Houston	2.1755	16	18	35	47
21	17	Sacramento	2.5301	12	20	33	49
22	18	New York	2.5631	15	19	34	48
23	20	Phoenix	2.6288	12	23	31	51
24	24	Minnesota	2.9395	12	21	32	50
25	25	New Orleans	3.4719	10	22	31	51
26	26	Denver	4.1992	12	21	29	53
27	27	Milwaukee	5.0557	13	21	28	54
28	28	Brooklyn	5.584	9	23	25	57
29	29	LA Lakers	9.3074	7	27	17	65
30	30	Philadelphia	10.851	3	32	11	71

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(5) Hawks over (1) Cavaliers
(2) Celtics over (6) Bulls
(1) Warriors over (4) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(2) Celtics over (5) Hawks
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (2) Celtics