NBA Rankings - 16 Mar

Top top 4 teams in my rankings are the same as they were 2 weeks ago, with Milwaukee pulling away from the field again, now 3 points better than any other team at a neutral site, which means they would be favored in any game they would play, home or road, for the time being. The hottest team lately has been Phoenix, who has won 4 games since my last update, or 25% of their season total, and that includes wins over Golden State and Milwaukee, the two best teams in the league. 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	-7.842	52	17	63	19	1	23	E1
2	2	Golden State	-4.844	46	21	56	26	2	15	W1
3	3	Toronto	-4.372	49	20	58	24	3	20	E2
4	4	Utah	-4.054	39	29	49	33	8	2	W6
5	6	Portland	-3.882	42	26	51	31	7	9	W3
6	5	Denver	-3.815	45	22	54	28	5	19	W2
7	7	Oklahoma City	-3.725	42	27	50	32	6	17	W5
8	8	Boston	-3.586	42	27	50	32	4	26	E5
9	11	Houston	-2.828	43	26	51	31	11	10	W4
10	10	Philadelphia	-2.411	44	25	52	30	10	25	E3
11	9	Indiana	-2.232	44	25	51	31	9	30	E4
12	12	San Antonio	-1.522	40	29	48	34	12	11	W7
13	14	LA Clippers	-0.925	40	30	47	35	13	7	W8
14	13	New Orleans	0.2977	30	41	36	46	18	4
15	19	Detroit	0.6726	35	33	42	40	14	22	E6
16	16	Orlando	0.8891	32	38	38	44	15	18	E8
17	18	Sacramento	0.9704	33	35	40	42	20	5
18	15	Minnesota	0.9857	32	37	37	45	19	13
19	21	Miami	1.0421	32	36	38	44	17	28
20	23	Brooklyn	1.4542	36	34	40	42	16	29	E7
21	20	Charlotte	1.8195	31	37	37	45	21	24
22	17	Dallas	2.007	27	41	33	49	23	3
23	25	Memphis	2.4842	28	41	33	49	25	8
24	24	Washington	2.5088	29	40	35	47	22	21
25	22	LA Lakers	2.5678	31	38	36	46	24	12
26	27	Atlanta	6.0134	24	45	27	55	26	27
27	26	Chicago	6.9997	19	51	23	59	27	14
28	29	Phoenix	7.5396	16	54	20	62	28	1
29	28	New York	8.2981	13	56	16	66	29	6
30	30	Cleveland	9.1177	17	52	19	63	30	16

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

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

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (2) Raptors
(6) Jazz over (1) Warriors

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (6) Jazz