NBA Rankings - 30 Jan

This week's hottest team was the Boston Celtics, who have won 5 straight games and have moved up to the #5 spot in the Eastern Conference, after just sneaking into the playoffs last season at 40-42. I have Boston projected to move up all the way to #3 in the East by the end of the season, and they will have a decent chance at reaching the conference finals. Here are my full current rankings:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	PO Seed
1	1	San Antonio	-12.63	39	7	69	13	W2
2	2	Golden State	-12.05	42	4	72	10	W1
3	3	Oklahoma City	-6.393	36	13	57	25	W3
4	4	Cleveland	-5.202	33	12	58	24	E1
5	5	Toronto	-4.4	31	15	55	27	E2
6	7	Boston	-3.792	27	21	49	33	E3
7	6	LA Clippers	-3.416	31	16	52	30	W4
8	8	Indiana	-2.916	24	22	46	36	E4
9	9	Atlanta	-1.655	27	21	46	36	E5
10	10	Detroit	-1.614	25	22	45	37	E7
11	12	Utah	-1.126	21	25	40	41	W7
12	13	Chicago	-0.981	26	19	46	36	E6
13	11	Charlotte	0.079	22	25	41	41
14	14	Dallas	0.217	27	22	43	39	W5
15	16	Miami	0.448	26	21	42	40	E8
16	19	Portland	0.52	22	26	37	45
17	15	Sacramento	0.922	20	26	37	45
18	18	Houston	1.098	25	24	40	42	W8
19	21	Memphis	1.461	27	20	43	39	W6
20	20	New York	1.493	23	26	38	44
21	23	New Orleans	1.619	17	28	34	48
22	17	Washington	2.081	20	24	36	45
23	22	Orlando	2.449	20	25	35	47
24	24	Denver	2.888	18	29	32	50
25	25	Milwaukee	3.977	20	29	32	50
26	26	Minnesota	4.206	14	34	26	56
27	27	Phoenix	5.551	14	34	25	57
28	28	Brooklyn	6.785	12	35	22	60
29	29	LA Lakers	9.225	9	40	16	66
30	30	Philadelphia	9.436	7	40	15	67

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(2) Spurs over (3) Celtics