NBA Rankings - 28 Oct

Ten days into the NBA season, and the Clippers are the only undefeated team remaining, which was enough to make the Clippers the #1 team this week, a rarity for this franchise. The preseason favorites, Cleveland and Golden State, has each lost twice already, but both have done it against relatively tough competition, so both should still easily make the playoffs, though both have some work to do in order to make a fourth straight Finals appearance each. Here are my full current rankings and playoff predictions:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	PO Seed
1	9	LA Clippers	-16.94	4	0	71	11	1	19	W1
2	16	Portland	-14.52	3	2	68	14	2	5	W2
3	23	Orlando	-10.11	4	1	64	18	3	21	E1
4	15	Toronto	-9.909	3	2	63	19	4	14	E2
5	2	Golden State	-7.458	4	2	58	24	7	7	W3
6	17	Boston	-6.133	3	2	55	27	6	17	E3
7	3	Houston	-4.795	5	1	52	30	5	23	W5
8	6	San Antonio	-4.794	4	1	53	29	11	11	W4
9	22	Memphis	-4.197	4	1	50	32	8	24	W6
10	12	Milwaukee	-2.777	3	2	47	35	20	3	E4
11	7	Washington	-2.676	3	2	46	36	12	15	E5
12	18	Detroit	-1.865	3	2	44	38	10	28	E6
13	10	New Orleans	-1.573	2	3	42	40	17	2	W7
14	1	Cleveland	-1.52	3	2	44	38	13	8	E7
15	5	Oklahoma City	-0.844	2	3	40	42	9	30	W8
16	20	Indiana	0.1392	2	3	38	44	15	10	E8
17	26	Brooklyn	0.6149	3	3	38	44	19	13
18	25	Philadelphia	0.9048	1	4	36	46	23	1
19	14	Charlotte	1.4646	2	3	35	47	14	25
20	11	Utah	1.7069	2	3	33	49	18	18
21	13	Miami	2.0973	2	2	34	48	21	20
22	28	LA Lakers	2.2993	2	3	34	48	26	4
23	8	Denver	2.8347	2	3	31	51	16	29
24	21	New York	4.1015	1	3	28	54	25	9
25	29	Chicago	5.6005	1	3	24	58	28	12
26	4	Minnesota	5.9498	3	3	26	56	27	16
27	30	Sacramento	7.6404	1	4	20	62	22	27
28	19	Dallas	8.2029	1	5	19	63	29	22
29	24	Phoenix	8.6297	2	3	19	63	30	6
30	27	Atlanta	9.4924	1	5	16	66	24	26

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Magic over (8) Pacers
(2) Raptors over (7) Cavaliers
(3) Celtics over (6) Pistons
(5) Wizards over (4) Bucks
(1) Clippers over (8) Thunder
(2) Trail Blazers over (7) Pelicans
(3) Warriors over (6) Grizzlies
(5) Rockets over (4) Spurs

Second Round

(1) Magic over (5) Wizards
(2) Raptors over (3) Celtics
(1) Clippers over (5) Rockets
(2) Trail Blazers over (3) Warriors

Conference Finals

(2) Raptors over (1) Magic
(1) Clippers over (2) Trail Blazers

NBA Finals

(1) Clippers over (2) Raptors