NBA Rankings - 9 Nov

Milwaukee spent almost the entire season at #1 in my rankings last year, and they are back at the top today, despite losing last night and having 3 losses overall, 2 more than the Lakers and Celtics currently have. The Bucks have played the second-toughest schedule in the league so far, easier than only Utah's early slate, and all 3 of their losses have come to other top 6 teams. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	Seed
1	3	Milwaukee	-11.55	6	3	67	15	2	2	E1
2	5	LA Lakers	-10.4	7	1	67	15	1	14	W1
3	4	Boston	-7.964	6	1	62	20	3	15	E2
4	11	Utah	-7.44	6	3	61	21	10	1	W2
5	1	Philadelphia	-7.354	5	3	60	22	6	3	E4
6	2	Miami	-7.301	6	3	61	21	5	4	E3
7	9	LA Clippers	-6.489	6	3	58	24	8	5	W3
8	6	Toronto	-6.413	6	2	58	24	4	20	E5
9	10	Phoenix	-5.744	5	3	56	26	7	12	W4
10	19	Denver	-4.372	6	2	54	28	9	7	W5
11	14	Dallas	-1.243	5	3	45	37	12	25	W6
12	12	San Antonio	-0.254	5	3	43	39	13	26	W7
13	16	Orlando	0.8826	3	6	37	45	18	18	E6
14	15	Portland	0.8988	3	6	38	44	19	10
15	7	Minnesota	1.112	5	3	39	43	16	19	W8
16	22	Indiana	1.4287	5	4	36	46	11	29	E7
17	18	Oklahoma City	1.698	3	5	35	47	14	28
18	21	Cleveland	2.6433	3	5	33	49	22	8	E8
19	17	Houston	2.8512	5	3	35	47	17	27
20	30	Sacramento	3.2982	3	6	32	50	24	6
21	8	Atlanta	3.4852	3	5	31	51	25	16
22	26	Chicago	3.5986	3	6	31	51	20	22
23	23	Brooklyn	3.6358	4	4	31	51	15	30
24	20	Detroit	4.2516	4	6	30	52	21	23
25	13	Washington	5.561	2	6	26	56	23	24
26	24	New Orleans	6.5887	1	7	23	59	26	17
27	27	Charlotte	6.7568	4	4	26	56	27	13
28	25	New York	7.7163	2	7	21	61	28	9
29	28	Memphis	8.7087	2	6	19	63	30	11
30	29	Golden State	9.9648	2	7	17	65	29	21

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Bucks over (8) Cavaliers
(2) Celtics over (7) Pacers
(3) Heat over (6) Magic
(5) Raptors over (4) 76ers
(1) Lakers over (8) Timberwolves
(2) Jazz over (7) Spurs
(3) Clippers over (6) Mavericks
(4) Suns over (5) Nuggets

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (5) Raptors
(3) Heat over (2) Celtics
(1) Lakers over (4) Suns
(3) Clippers over (2) Jazz

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Heat
(1) Lakers over (3) Clippers

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Lakers