NBA Rankings - 25 Nov

The Boston Celtics finally lost this week for the first time in over a month, and that allowed a team to pass them for #2 overall, and that team is Houston, which won both of its games this week and now has won 3 in a row by at least 20 points and has the best record in the West. In the East, Cleveland has extended its winning streak to 7 and is now projected to reach the playoffs, which was never really in doubt but looked unlikely based solely upon early season performance. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Rec		Proj
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	PO Seed
1	1	Golden State	-10.75	14	5	67	15	1	6	W1
2	4	Houston	-9.382	14	4	66	16	2	13	W2
3	2	Boston	-6.904	17	3	62	20	3	21	E1
4	3	Toronto	-6.358	11	7	58	24	4	2	E2
5	10	Philadelphia	-4.07	10	7	53	29	8	1	E3
6	5	Oklahoma City	-3.59	8	10	48	34	5	24	W3
7	8	Washington	-2.786	10	8	48	34	6	25	E5
8	6	Detroit	-2.008	12	6	49	33	9	14	E4
9	16	Indiana	-2.004	11	8	48	34	10	10	E6
10	7	Denver	-1.368	11	8	46	36	12	19	W4
11	12	Portland	-0.779	11	8	43	39	7	30	W6
12	9	San Antonio	-0.399	11	7	44	38	11	27	W5
13	21	New Orleans	-0.231	11	8	43	39	13	22	W7
14	20	New York	-0.226	10	8	43	39	16	11	E8
15	19	Charlotte	-0.21	8	10	41	41	15	16
16	22	Cleveland	0.1283	12	7	43	39	14	23	E7
17	14	Minnesota	0.4815	11	8	42	40	17	15	W8
18	11	Memphis	0.6378	7	11	39	43	22	4
19	17	Miami	0.8481	9	9	40	42	20	8
20	23	Utah	1.3755	8	11	36	46	18	26
21	18	LA Clippers	1.4727	6	11	36	46	19	18
22	13	Orlando	2.1071	8	11	36	46	21	12
23	15	Milwaukee	2.331	9	8	36	46	24	17
24	24	LA Lakers	3.7404	8	11	31	51	23	28
25	25	Brooklyn	4.102	6	12	28	54	25	20
26	26	Atlanta	4.5763	4	15	26	56	26	9
27	28	Dallas	5.6359	4	15	24	58	27	7
28	30	Sacramento	8.8711	5	13	20	62	29	5
29	29	Phoenix	9.4851	7	13	19	63	28	29
30	27	Chicago	9.7773	3	14	16	66	30	3

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Celtics over (8) Knicks
(2) Raptors over (7) Cavaliers
(3) 76ers over (6) Pacers
(5) Wizards over (4) Pistons
(1) Warriors over (8) Timberwolves
(2) Rockets over (7) Pelicans
(3) Thunder over (6) Trail Blazers
(5) Spurs over (4) Nuggets

Second Round

(1) Celtics over (5) Wizards
(2) Raptors over (3) 76ers
(1) Warriors over (5) Spurs
(2) Rockets over (3) Thunder

Conference Finals

(2) Raptors over (1) Celtics
(2) Rockets over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(2) Rockets over (2) Raptors