NBA Rankings - 23 Jan

The Sacramento Kings have been the hottest team over the past week, with 4 straight wins, including wins over the Hawks, Jazz, and Clippers, and they are now projected to finish at #8 in the West this season, which would earn them a playoff berth for the first time in 10 years. Here are this week's full rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-12.95	38	6	70	12	W2
2	2	Golden State	-11.1	40	4	71	11	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-7.038	33	12	58	24	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-5.366	30	11	59	23	E1
5	6	Toronto	-3.794	28	15	53	29	E2
6	5	LA Clippers	-3.66	28	15	52	30	W4
7	8	Boston	-2.794	23	21	46	36	E5
8	7	Indiana	-2.794	23	20	47	35	E3
9	10	Atlanta	-1.954	23	17	47	35	E4
10	9	Detroit	-1.685	23	20	45	37	E6
11	11	Charlotte	-0.638	20	23	42	40	E8
12	15	Utah	-0.41	19	24	39	43	W7
13	13	Chicago	-0.27	24	18	45	37	E7
14	14	Dallas	-0.151	25	20	43	39	W5
15	21	Sacramento	0.715	19	23	39	43	W8
16	12	Miami	0.727	23	21	41	41
17	19	Washington	1.088	20	21	40	42
18	20	Houston	1.101	23	22	39	43
19	17	Portland	1.394	19	26	35	47
20	16	New York	1.504	22	23	39	43
21	22	Memphis	1.831	25	19	42	40	W6
22	18	Orlando	1.923	20	22	36	46
23	23	New Orleans	2.098	15	27	33	49
24	24	Denver	3.036	16	27	32	50
25	26	Milwaukee	3.379	19	26	34	48
26	27	Minnesota	4.447	13	31	26	56
27	25	Phoenix	5.025	13	31	26	56
28	28	Brooklyn	7.312	11	33	21	61
29	29	LA Lakers	8.924	9	36	17	65
30	30	Philadelphia	9.579	6	38	14	68

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Cavaliers over (5) Celtics
(2) Raptors over (6) Pistons
(1) Warriors over (4) Clippers
(2) Spurs over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(2) Raptors over (1) Cavaliers
(2) Spurs over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (2) Raptors