NBA Rankings - 9 Dec

The top 4 and bottom 4 teams did not change this week, but there was plenty of movement in the middle, where the difference between #5 and #17 is smaller than the difference between #2 and #3. The biggest jump came from the Utah Jazz, even though they only won once this week, but that win was one of the largest by any team this season and came against the Wizards. 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	Houston	-12.3	19	4	68	14	1	18	W1
2	2	Golden State	-12	21	6	67	15	2	15	W2
3	3	Toronto	-8.74	16	7	60	22	3	10	E1
4	4	Boston	-7.35	22	5	60	22	4	27	E2
5	8	San Antonio	-4.26	18	8	50	32	5	28	W3
6	5	Washington	-4.1	14	11	47	35	7	21	E4
7	13	Utah	-4.04	13	13	45	37	8	23	W5
8	10	Oklahoma City	-3.53	11	13	44	38	10	22	W7
9	7	Detroit	-3.53	14	11	47	35	11	6	E5
10	11	Cleveland	-3.34	18	8	49	33	6	29	E3
11	9	Denver	-3.32	14	11	45	37	9	26	W4
12	12	Indiana	-3.26	15	11	47	35	13	8	E6
13	6	Philadelphia	-3.17	13	11	46	36	15	2	E7
14	16	Minnesota	-2.22	15	11	44	38	14	17	W6
15	14	Portland	-1.6	13	11	41	41	12	30	W8
16	15	New York	-1.3	12	12	40	42	17	7
17	19	New Orleans	-1.01	13	13	40	42	18	13
18	17	Milwaukee	-0.85	14	10	41	41	16	20	E8
19	18	Charlotte	0.228	9	15	35	47	20	14
20	22	Brooklyn	0.291	10	14	35	47	19	16
21	21	Memphis	0.613	8	17	33	49	26	1
22	26	Dallas	1.046	7	19	30	52	22	9
23	20	Miami	1.188	11	13	36	46	23	3
24	24	Orlando	1.453	11	16	34	48	25	5
25	25	LA Lakers	1.941	9	15	31	51	24	19
26	23	LA Clippers	2.212	8	15	29	53	21	24
27	27	Atlanta	3.956	5	19	23	59	27	11
28	28	Sacramento	5.589	8	17	23	59	29	4
29	29	Phoenix	5.684	9	18	23	59	28	25
30	30	Chicago	7.063	4	20	16	66	30	12

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (5) Pistons
(2) Celtics over (6) Pacers
(1) Rockets over (5) Jazz
(2) Warriors over (3) Spurs

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(2) Warriors over (2) Celtics