NBA Rankings - 28 Dec

The only team that hasn't lost a game over the last 2 weeks is the Boston Celtics, who moved up 3 spots to #2 in this week's rankings, replacing the Lakers, who have lost 4 in a row while LeBron struggles with a groin injury. 2 teams (Phoenix and Atlanta) haven't won during that time, which dropped the Suns down to a tie for 9th in the playoff projections and the Hawks down to last place. Here are my current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	MOV	SOS	Seed
1	1	Milwaukee	-10.56	28	5	68	14	1	28	E1
2	5	Boston	-7.406	22	7	62	20	2	19	E2
3	3	Dallas	-6.958	20	10	59	23	3	16	W3
4	4	LA Clippers	-6.83	23	10	60	22	5	7	W2
5	2	LA Lakers	-6.631	24	7	62	20	4	8	W1
6	6	Toronto	-4.678	21	10	56	26	10	6	E4
7	7	Houston	-4.25	21	10	55	27	7	15	W4
8	8	Miami	-4.179	23	8	57	25	6	22	E3
9	10	Denver	-3.614	21	9	53	29	8	26	W5
10	9	Philadelphia	-3.551	23	11	53	29	9	23	E5
11	11	Indiana	-2.943	21	11	51	31	11	27	E6
12	12	Utah	-0.639	19	12	46	36	12	14	W6
13	14	Oklahoma City	-0.11	16	15	42	40	13	24	W7
14	15	Orlando	1.2707	14	17	38	44	16	9	E8
15	16	Portland	1.385	14	18	37	45	15	11	W8
16	17	Brooklyn	1.5731	16	14	39	43	14	30	E7
17	13	Phoenix	1.9998	11	20	33	49	18	21
18	18	Sacramento	2.6846	12	19	33	49	19	10
19	22	Chicago	2.794	12	20	32	50	17	29
20	24	San Antonio	2.9936	12	18	33	49	20	17
21	19	Detroit	3.1019	12	20	32	50	21	18
22	23	New Orleans	3.623	9	23	29	53	24	2
23	21	Washington	4.3728	9	21	29	53	23	5
24	20	Minnesota	4.5414	11	19	29	53	22	13
25	26	Memphis	5.2416	12	20	28	54	25	12
26	28	Cleveland	6.3109	9	22	25	57	29	1
27	25	Charlotte	6.4762	13	21	27	55	26	25
28	30	New York	6.8795	8	24	23	59	28	4
29	29	Golden State	6.9846	9	24	21	61	27	20
30	27	Atlanta	7.3814	6	26	21	61	30	3

Playoff Picks

First Round

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

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) Raptors in 5
(2) Celtics over (3) Heat in 6
(1) Lakers over (5) Nuggets in 6
(3) Mavericks over (2) Clippers in 7

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (2) Celtics in 6
(3) Mavericks over (1) Lakers in 7

NBA Finals

(1) Bucks over (3) Mavericks in 6