NBA Rankings - 30 Dec

Last week's hottest team, the LA Lakers, went completely ice cold this week, losing all 4 of its games, all at home, by an average of 11 points. The hottest team of the week lost on a controversial final play yesterday (the Greek Freak stepped out before his winning dunk), but the Thunder still had a great week, winning at Utah, then beating Houston and Toronto, which entered the week as the top teams in each conference. 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	-9.286	28	8	64	18	1	23	W1
2	2	Houston	-8.32	25	9	61	21	2	24	W2
3	3	Toronto	-7.695	24	10	60	22	3	21	E1
4	4	Boston	-4.915	29	10	56	26	4	28	E2
5	5	Denver	-4.409	19	16	49	33	5	12	W4
6	7	San Antonio	-3.66	25	11	51	31	6	29	W3
7	9	Oklahoma City	-3.649	20	16	47	35	9	17	W5
8	10	Washington	-2.99	20	16	46	36	8	22	E4
9	6	Cleveland	-2.56	24	11	50	32	7	30	E3
10	12	Minnesota	-2.407	22	14	47	35	10	25	W6
11	14	New Orleans	-1.607	18	17	43	39	14	8	W7
12	13	Detroit	-1.547	19	15	45	37	11	13	E5
13	8	Indiana	-1.267	19	17	43	39	13	14	E6
14	16	Portland	-1.092	18	16	41	41	12	27	W8
15	15	Philadelphia	-0.894	15	19	40	42	18	2	E8
16	11	Utah	-0.786	15	21	38	44	19	1
17	18	Milwaukee	-0.309	19	15	42	40	15	19	E7
18	17	New York	0.074	17	18	38	44	17	18
19	22	LA Clippers	0.1781	15	19	37	45	16	20
20	21	Charlotte	0.2638	13	22	36	46	21	6
21	23	Dallas	0.5128	12	25	32	50	22	5
22	19	Miami	0.7262	18	17	39	43	20	16
23	24	Brooklyn	1.6561	13	22	32	50	23	15
24	25	Memphis	2.237	11	24	30	52	25	4
25	20	LA Lakers	2.335	11	23	30	52	24	7
26	26	Chicago	3.2637	13	22	30	52	26	11
27	28	Atlanta	3.5374	9	26	25	57	27	10
28	27	Orlando	4.1956	12	24	27	55	28	9
29	29	Phoenix	4.9271	14	23	26	56	29	26
30	30	Sacramento	5.6513	12	23	25	57	30	3

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (5) Pistons
(2) Celtics over (6) Pacers
(1) Warriors over (5) Thunder
(2) Rockets over (6) Timberwolves

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Raptors over (2) Rockets