Saturday, January 5, 2019

NBA Rankings - 5 Jan

The Milwaukee Bucks are still holding down the top spot in the rankings, which they have held for the entire regular season so far, but the rest of the top 10 was shaken up this week, with the Thunder moving up to #2 and Boston to #3. The Heat went 5-2 over the past 2 weeks to move their record to .500, but 4 of those wins were against the worst teams in the league, although the other was against the best team. Toronto, meanwhile, dropped 3 spots after losing 3 different road games by at least 18 points, including one at Orlando, which had no business winning that game. 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
-6.956
27
10
61
21
1
27
E1
2
4
Oklahoma City
-4.866
25
13
54
28
2
25
W2
3
6
Boston
-4.079
23
15
53
29
4
22
E4
4
3
Denver
-3.77
25
11
54
28
6
14
W1
5
2
Toronto
-3.689
28
12
56
26
5
19
E2
6
7
Indiana
-3.604
26
12
54
28
3
29
E3
7
8
Utah
-3.332
19
20
48
34
8
1
W5
8
5
Golden State
-3.108
25
14
51
31
7
18
W3
9
9
San Antonio
-2.749
22
17
48
34
9
10
W4
10
13
Houston
-1.564
22
15
48
34
11
5
W6
11
12
Portland
-1.332
22
17
46
36
17
3
W8
12
14
LA Clippers
-1.209
22
16
47
35
14
6
W7
13
15
Philadelphia
-0.88
25
14
49
33
10
24
E5
14
11
New Orleans
-0.707
17
22
40
42
16
7

15
10
LA Lakers
-0.626
21
18
43
39
13
16

16
18
Dallas
0.026
18
20
40
42
18
11

17
20
Minnesota
0.266
18
21
39
43
19
12

18
22
Miami
0.451
19
18
41
41
12
28
E6
19
19
Sacramento
1.109
19
19
40
42
22
4

20
17
Charlotte
1.152
18
19
39
43
15
30
E7
21
16
Memphis
1.245
18
20
38
44
21
9

22
23
Brooklyn
2.27
19
21
37
45
20
26
E8
23
21
Detroit
3.001
17
19
36
46
23
21

24
24
Orlando
4.22
17
21
34
48
24
20

25
25
Washington
5.428
15
24
30
52
25
23

26
27
New York
7.397
10
29
23
59
26
8

27
26
Phoenix
7.677
9
31
20
62
29
2

28
29
Chicago
8.431
10
29
22
60
27
13

29
30
Atlanta
9.248
11
27
21
61
28
17

30
28
Cleveland
10.1
8
31
17
65
30
15


Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) Celtics
(3) Pacers over (2) Raptors
(5) Jazz over (1) Nuggets
(2) Thunder over (3) Warriors

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Pacers
(2) Thunder over (5) Jazz

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (2) Thunder

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