NBA Rankings - 2 Feb

The Milwaukee Bucks are still the best team in basketball, despite the recent hot streak from the defending champs, but the hottest team of the past 2 weeks comes from Oklahoma City, who went 7-0 over that span, including a win over the Bucks last Sunday. Memphis, meanwhile, went 1-7 since the last rankings, with the only win coming over Indiana right after Oladipo's season-ending injury, and they have lost 24 of their last 29 to plummet from playoff contention to solid lottery territory. 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	-7.58	37	13	62	20	1	25	E1
2	2	Golden State	-6.06	36	15	58	24	2	17	W1
3	3	Boston	-4.71	33	19	53	29	3	28	E3
4	4	Toronto	-4.25	37	16	58	24	6	18	E2
5	6	Denver	-4.21	36	15	55	27	5	21	W2
6	7	Oklahoma City	-4.01	33	18	52	30	4	23	W3
7	5	Utah	-3.63	30	23	49	33	9	4	W5
8	10	Portland	-2.96	32	20	50	32	10	12	W4
9	11	Philadelphia	-2.65	34	18	52	30	7	24	E4
10	9	San Antonio	-2.35	31	22	48	34	11	14	W6
11	8	Indiana	-1.91	32	19	50	32	8	30	E5
12	13	New Orleans	-1.35	23	29	40	42	12	5
13	12	Houston	-0.86	29	22	45	37	13	9	W7
14	15	LA Clippers	-0.36	28	24	44	38	16	7	W8
15	16	Dallas	-0.11	23	28	39	43	18	6
16	17	Minnesota	-0.11	25	26	40	42	15	13
17	14	LA Lakers	0.729	27	25	40	42	19	20
18	21	Brooklyn	0.978	28	25	41	41	14	27	E6
19	20	Charlotte	1.162	25	26	39	43	17	26	E7
20	18	Sacramento	1.445	26	25	40	42	21	8
21	19	Miami	2.014	24	26	37	45	20	29	E8
22	23	Detroit	2.758	22	28	36	46	23	16
23	22	Memphis	2.91	20	33	32	50	25	2
24	24	Washington	2.959	22	29	35	47	22	22
25	25	Orlando	3.609	21	31	33	49	24	19
26	28	Atlanta	7.027	16	35	26	56	26	10
27	26	Phoenix	7.878	11	42	19	63	29	1
28	27	New York	7.9	10	41	19	63	28	3
29	29	Chicago	8.625	12	40	19	63	27	15
30	30	Cleveland	10.37	11	41	17	65	30	11

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) 76ers
(3) Celtics over (2) Raptors
(1) Warriors over (5) Jazz
(3) Thunder over (2) Nuggets

Conference Finals

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

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Warriors