NBA Rankings - 24 Mar

There are 4 teams that won each of their games this week, but the one that showed the most improvement was the Cleveland Cavaliers, who finally got Kevin Love back and have won their last 4 games, including a couple against probable playoff teams. They only moved up one spot in the rankings, but they can easily move up 4 spots in the next week if they have similar results. 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	-9.475	58	14	66	16	1	16	W1
2	2	Toronto	-7.863	54	19	61	21	2	30	E1
3	3	Golden State	-7.278	54	18	61	21	3	17	W2
4	7	Philadelphia	-3.999	41	30	49	33	4	11	E3
5	5	Boston	-3.876	49	23	55	27	5	27	E2
6	4	Utah	-3.853	41	32	46	36	6	12	W8
7	10	San Antonio	-3.558	43	30	48	34	8	20	W5
8	8	Portland	-3.525	44	28	49	33	9	24	W3
9	9	Oklahoma City	-3.519	44	30	48	34	7	23	W6
10	6	Minnesota	-3.445	42	31	48	34	10	5	W4
11	11	Denver	-3.023	40	33	44	38	11	25
12	12	Washington	-1.868	40	32	46	36	13	18	E5
13	15	New Orleans	-1.792	43	30	47	35	14	13	W7
14	13	LA Clippers	-1.56	38	34	43	39	15	15
15	14	Indiana	-1.556	42	31	46	36	12	29	E6
16	17	Cleveland	-1.281	43	29	48	34	16	28	E4
17	16	Miami	-1.221	39	34	44	38	17	22	E7
18	18	Charlotte	-0.384	32	41	37	45	18	19
19	19	Milwaukee	-0.202	38	34	42	40	19	26	E8
20	20	LA Lakers	0.1431	31	40	36	46	20	8
21	22	Detroit	0.4326	32	40	37	45	21	9
22	21	Dallas	1.3099	22	50	27	55	22	2
23	23	New York	3.0414	26	47	29	53	23	6
24	24	Brooklyn	3.2433	23	50	26	56	24	10
25	25	Orlando	3.9154	21	51	25	57	25	7
26	28	Atlanta	4.7897	21	52	23	59	26	21
27	26	Chicago	5.15	24	48	27	55	27	14
28	27	Memphis	5.2772	19	53	22	60	28	4
29	29	Sacramento	5.4471	24	49	27	55	29	3
30	30	Phoenix	7.9421	19	54	21	61	30	1

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

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

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Raptors over (1) Rockets