NBA Rankings - 14 Dec

The Milwaukee Bucks haven't lost since November 8th, when they fell to Utah to drop to 6-3. They have won 17 games in a row since then, but they have games against the next two best teams coming up this week, so reaching 20 in a row will be a tough task. The Lakers have won 16 of their last 17 games, matching Milwaukee's overall record with a slightly tougher schedule, but the Bucks average margin of victory of 13.4 is far ahead of any other team's. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	Seed
1	1	Milwaukee	-10.4	23	3	69	13	1	25	E1
2	3	LA Lakers	-8.415	23	3	66	16	2	19	W1
3	4	Dallas	-6.764	17	7	59	23	3	28	W3
4	7	LA Clippers	-6.719	20	7	61	21	5	9	W2
5	5	Boston	-5.712	17	7	57	25	4	18	E2
6	2	Toronto	-5.321	16	8	57	25	9	5	E3
7	9	Houston	-5.182	17	8	56	26	7	16	W4
8	6	Miami	-4.638	18	7	57	25	6	20	E4
9	10	Philadelphia	-3.991	20	7	54	28	8	26	E5
10	8	Denver	-3.852	15	8	52	30	11	15	W5
11	12	Indiana	-2.371	17	9	49	33	10	29	E6
12	11	Utah	-0.565	15	11	45	37	14	10	W6
13	13	Phoenix	-0.427	11	13	40	42	12	21	W8
14	16	Oklahoma City	-0.221	11	13	41	41	13	17	W7
15	17	Orlando	1.2182	11	14	38	44	16	13	E8
16	14	Portland	1.6296	10	16	36	46	18	6
17	20	Brooklyn	1.7718	13	11	38	44	15	27	E7
18	18	Sacramento	2.1953	11	14	36	46	19	8
19	23	Detroit	2.5012	10	15	34	48	17	22
20	15	Minnesota	3.1787	10	15	32	50	21	12
21	19	Washington	3.3898	7	16	31	51	22	4
22	25	Chicago	3.8994	9	18	29	53	20	30
23	21	New Orleans	4.0364	6	20	28	54	25	1
24	22	San Antonio	4.6274	9	15	29	53	23	23
25	28	Charlotte	6.297	12	16	28	54	24	24
26	29	Memphis	6.3724	8	17	25	57	26	7
27	26	Atlanta	6.4424	6	20	24	58	28	3
28	24	Cleveland	6.6826	6	19	24	58	29	2
29	27	Golden State	8.4459	5	22	17	65	27	14
30	30	New York	8.5701	6	20	20	62	30	11

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (5) 76ers
(3) Raptors over (2) Celtics
(1) Lakers over (4) Rockets
(3) Mavericks over (2) Clippers

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Raptors
(1) Lakers over (3) Mavericks

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (1) Lakers