NBA Rankings - 10 Mar

When the week started, 4 Western Conference teams were on long winning streaks. 3 of those ended this week, with this week's hottest team, Portland, the only one to survive the week unscathed. The Trail Blazers have won 9 in a row, including a win over Oklahoma City and 2 against Golden State, and have moved up to the #3 spot in the West, and they are starting to pull away from the 8 teams pack going for the final 6 playoff spots in the West. 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	-9.171	51	14	65	17	1	17	W1
2	3	Toronto	-8.145	48	17	61	21	2	29	E1
3	2	Golden State	-8.006	51	15	64	18	3	9	W2
4	4	Boston	-4.277	46	20	56	26	4	28	E2
5	6	Philadelphia	-3.334	35	29	47	35	9	1	E4
6	5	Minnesota	-3.331	38	29	47	35	5	14	W4
7	10	Utah	-3.261	36	30	46	36	10	2	W7
8	12	Portland	-2.945	40	26	49	33	8	25	W3
9	8	Oklahoma City	-2.943	38	29	46	36	6	23	W6
10	7	San Antonio	-2.762	37	28	46	36	7	27	W8
11	9	Denver	-2.691	36	30	45	37	12	18
12	11	Washington	-2.44	38	28	47	35	11	26	E5
13	13	LA Clippers	-1.851	35	29	44	38	14	21
14	14	New Orleans	-1.637	38	27	47	35	15	12	W5
15	15	Indiana	-1.251	38	28	45	37	13	30	E6
16	18	Miami	-0.747	35	31	44	38	16	20	E7
17	17	Cleveland	-0.655	38	27	47	35	17	24	E3
18	16	Charlotte	-0.113	28	38	36	46	19	10
19	19	Milwaukee	-0.102	35	31	43	39	18	19	E8
20	20	LA Lakers	0.4537	29	36	37	45	20	11
21	21	Detroit	0.7196	30	36	37	45	21	16
22	22	Dallas	1.5579	20	45	27	55	22	3
23	23	New York	2.8696	24	42	30	52	23	5
24	25	Brooklyn	3.195	21	45	27	55	24	13
25	24	Orlando	3.5332	20	46	26	56	25	15
26	26	Memphis	4.1535	18	47	24	58	27	4
27	27	Atlanta	4.4581	20	46	25	57	26	22
28	28	Chicago	4.5493	22	43	28	54	28	8
29	29	Sacramento	6.062	21	45	25	57	29	7
30	30	Phoenix	7.0541	19	48	22	60	30	6

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Raptors over (5) Wizards
(2) Celtics over (6) Pacers
(1) Rockets over (5) Pelicans
(2) Warriors over (6) Thunder

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Raptors over (2) Warriors