NBA Rankings - 3 Feb

The hottest team of the week is one that is projected to finish #10 in the West, but if they are able to keep up the momentum from their two big wins this week, the Utah Jazz could see themselves sneaking into the playoffs, especially with Blake Griffin gone from LA and DeMarcus Cousins out for the season in New Orleans. 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	-8.56	41	11	64	18	1	8	W1
2	2	Houston	-7.76	37	13	60	22	2	26	W2
3	3	Toronto	-7.31	35	16	58	24	3	23	E1
4	4	Boston	-4.71	38	15	56	26	4	30	E2
5	5	Minnesota	-4.3	33	22	50	32	5	16	W3
6	6	Oklahoma City	-3.82	30	23	47	35	6	21	W5
7	8	San Antonio	-3.23	34	20	49	33	7	27	W4
8	7	Philadelphia	-2.83	25	24	45	37	10	2	E4
9	9	Denver	-2.56	27	25	43	39	9	24	W8
10	13	Washington	-2.05	29	22	45	37	8	29	E6
11	11	Portland	-1.75	29	23	44	38	11	22	W6
12	18	Utah	-1.57	23	28	40	42	17	1
13	10	New Orleans	-1.54	28	23	44	38	13	11	W7
14	12	Indiana	-1.17	29	24	43	39	12	28	E7
15	15	Charlotte	-1.1	22	29	38	44	16	20
16	16	LA Clippers	-0.97	25	25	41	41	15	19
17	17	Cleveland	-0.73	30	20	46	36	14	25	E3
18	19	Miami	-0.54	29	23	45	37	18	13	E5
19	14	Detroit	-0.49	24	26	40	42	19	9
20	20	Milwaukee	-0.27	28	23	43	39	20	18	E8
21	22	New York	0.75	23	30	36	46	21	12
22	21	Dallas	0.765	16	36	29	53	22	4
23	24	Memphis	1.687	18	33	30	52	23	10
24	23	LA Lakers	1.998	20	31	32	50	24	7
25	25	Brooklyn	2.642	19	34	30	52	25	15
26	28	Orlando	3.307	15	35	27	55	26	5
27	26	Chicago	3.392	18	33	29	53	27	6
28	27	Atlanta	3.941	15	37	25	57	28	17
29	29	Phoenix	5.524	18	35	25	57	29	14
30	30	Sacramento	6.169	16	35	24	58	30	3

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (4) 76ers
(2) Celtics over (6) Wizards
(1) Warriors over (5) Thunder
(2) Rockets over (3) Timberwolves

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Raptors over (2) Rockets