NBA Rankings - 19 Jan

Don't look now, but the hottest team in the league is the Golden State Warriors, who have been hanging out with the pack for most of the season, but have now surged to the lead in the Western Conference with 7 straight wins and are projected to remain there. The Thunder, who were projected as the conference leader 2 weeks ago, have lost 5 of their last 6, and are now projected to be the #6 seed in a very crowded conference. 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	Milwaukee	-7.383	32	12	61	21	1	27	E1
2	8	Golden State	-5.175	32	14	56	26	2	21	W1
3	3	Boston	-4.202	27	18	52	30	3	23	E3
4	5	Toronto	-3.971	34	13	58	24	4	19	E2
5	7	Utah	-3.839	26	21	50	32	7	4	W3
6	4	Denver	-3.125	30	14	52	30	8	18	W2
7	2	Oklahoma City	-2.807	26	18	48	34	6	26	W6
8	6	Indiana	-2.705	29	15	52	30	5	30	E4
9	9	San Antonio	-2.467	27	20	48	34	10	10	W5
10	11	Portland	-2.255	28	19	48	34	11	14	W4
11	13	Philadelphia	-1.758	30	16	51	31	9	29	E5
12	10	Houston	-1.676	25	19	46	36	13	11	W7
13	14	New Orleans	-1.328	21	25	41	41	12	12
14	15	LA Lakers	-0.069	25	21	42	40	14	20
15	12	LA Clippers	0.005	24	21	43	39	20	6	W8
16	16	Dallas	0.285	20	24	39	43	17	13
17	17	Minnesota	0.331	21	24	39	43	19	9
18	19	Sacramento	1.073	23	22	40	42	21	8
19	18	Miami	1.16	21	22	39	43	16	25	E7
20	20	Charlotte	1.213	21	23	39	43	15	28	E8
21	22	Brooklyn	1.535	24	23	40	42	18	24	E6
22	21	Memphis	1.886	19	26	36	46	24	1
23	23	Detroit	2.842	20	24	37	45	22	16
24	25	Washington	3.649	19	26	34	48	23	22
25	24	Orlando	4.21	19	26	33	49	25	17
26	27	Phoenix	7.288	11	35	21	61	28	2
27	26	New York	7.306	10	34	22	60	27	3
28	29	Atlanta	7.336	14	30	25	57	26	15
29	28	Chicago	9.078	10	35	20	62	29	5
30	30	Cleveland	10.25	9	37	17	65	30	7

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Bucks over (8) Hornets
(2) Raptors over (7) Heat
(3) Celtics over (6) Nets
(5) 76ers over (4) Pacers
(1) Warriors over (8) Clippers
(2) Nuggets over (7) Rockets
(3) Jazz over (6) Thunder
(5) Spurs over (4) Trail Blazers

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (5) 76ers
(3) Celtics over (2) Raptors
(1) Warriors over (5) Spurs
(3) Jazz over (2) Nuggets

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Celtics
(1) Warriors over (3) Jazz

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Warriors