Saturday, March 31, 2018

NBA Rankings - 31 Mar

It's less than 2 weeks until the playoffs begin, and the playoff picture is starting to take shape. The East teams are pretty much set, with the bottom six teams just fighting for seeding. In the West, the Clippers and Nuggets are still in the race, but have fallen behind the others, and Portland has pulled ahead of the rest of the field to look pretty secure in the #3 seed. The bottom 5 playoff teams in the West are all projected to finish within a game of each other, so every game is very important for those 5 teams. 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
-10
62
14
67
15
1
26
W1
2
2
Toronto
-7.708
55
20
60
22
2
30
E1
3
3
Golden State
-6.432
54
21
59
23
3
17
W2
4
4
Philadelphia
-4.791
45
30
50
32
4
16
E3
5
6
Utah
-4.311
43
33
46
36
6
9
W7
6
5
Boston
-4.216
52
23
56
26
5
28
E2
7
8
Portland
-3.744
47
29
50
32
7
23
W3
8
7
San Antonio
-3.526
44
32
47
35
9
18
W4
9
9
Oklahoma City
-3.513
44
33
46
36
8
22
W8
10
10
Minnesota
-3.175
44
33
47
35
10
8
W5
11
11
Denver
-3.043
41
35
44
38
11
14

12
15
Indiana
-2.119
45
31
48
34
12
29
E5
13
14
LA Clippers
-2.1
41
35
44
38
13
11

14
12
Washington
-1.883
41
34
45
37
15
20
E6
15
17
Miami
-1.706
41
35
45
37
14
25
E7
16
13
New Orleans
-1.674
43
33
46
36
17
7
W6
17
16
Cleveland
-1.589
46
30
49
33
16
27
E4
18
19
Milwaukee
-0.777
41
35
44
38
18
21
E8
19
18
Charlotte
-0.491
34
42
37
45
19
24

20
21
Detroit
-0.25
35
40
39
43
20
15

21
20
LA Lakers
-0.056
33
42
36
46
21
13

22
22
Dallas
1.2639
23
53
26
56
22
3

23
23
New York
2.8411
27
49
30
52
23
2

24
24
Brooklyn
2.9769
24
51
27
55
24
10

25
25
Orlando
4.0209
22
53
24
58
25
19

26
28
Memphis
4.6496
21
55
23
59
27
4

27
26
Atlanta
4.7118
21
55
23
59
26
12

28
27
Chicago
5.1505
25
51
27
55
28
6

29
29
Sacramento
5.3937
24
52
26
56
29
5

30
30
Phoenix
7.4916
19
58
20
62
30
1


Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (5) Pacers
(3) 76ers over (2) Celtics
(1) Rockets over (5) Timberwolves
(2) Warriors over (3) Trail Blazers

Conference Finals

(1) Raptors over (3) 76ers
(1) Rockets over (2) Warriors

NBA Finals

(1) Rockets over (1) Raptors