NBA Rankings - 3 Mar

The race for the final playoff spots in the West looks like it will be much more tightly contested than the East, where there is a projected gap of 4 games between #8 and #9. In the West, it is projected that there will only be 3 games between #3 and #10, meaning that two of those teams will not make it, and it could be any two of them. 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	-9.078	48	13	64	18	1	26	W1
2	2	Golden State	-8.531	49	14	64	18	3	9	W2
3	3	Toronto	-8.302	44	17	60	22	2	28	E1
4	7	Boston	-3.834	44	19	55	27	4	29	E2
5	4	Minnesota	-3.462	38	28	47	35	5	16	W3
6	6	Philadelphia	-3.404	34	27	48	34	8	5	E3
7	9	San Antonio	-3.034	36	26	47	35	6	25	W4
8	5	Oklahoma City	-2.967	37	27	47	35	7	21	W5
9	8	Denver	-2.9	34	28	45	37	9	17	W8
10	10	Utah	-2.481	32	30	44	38	14	1
11	11	Washington	-2.152	36	27	46	36	10	24	E5
12	13	Portland	-2.05	36	26	46	36	11	22	W6
13	12	LA Clippers	-1.906	33	28	44	38	13	14
14	14	New Orleans	-1.402	35	26	46	36	15	10	W7
15	15	Indiana	-1.232	35	27	44	38	12	30	E6
16	19	Charlotte	-0.639	28	35	38	44	17	13
17	16	Cleveland	-0.502	36	25	47	35	16	27	E4
18	18	Miami	-0.225	32	30	43	39	18	15	E7
19	17	Milwaukee	0.082	33	29	42	40	19	20	E8
20	22	LA Lakers	0.356	27	34	36	46	20	11
21	20	Detroit	0.5712	29	33	38	44	21	18
22	21	Dallas	1.472	19	44	27	55	22	3
23	23	New York	2.4528	24	39	32	50	23	7
24	25	Orlando	3.4959	19	43	27	55	24	12
25	26	Brooklyn	3.7195	20	43	26	56	25	19
26	24	Memphis	3.7899	18	43	25	57	27	4
27	27	Atlanta	4.1182	19	44	25	57	26	23
28	28	Chicago	4.3009	21	41	28	54	28	6
29	29	Sacramento	6.1201	19	43	25	57	29	2
30	30	Phoenix	6.6884	19	45	23	59	30	8

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) Nuggets
(2) Warriors over (7) Pelicans
(6) Trail Blazers over (3) Timberwolves
(5) Thunder over (4) Spurs

Second Round

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

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Raptors over (2) Warriors