Saturday, January 23, 2021

NBA Rankings - 23 Jan

The Los Angeles Clippers have moved up to #2 this week, where they spent a good amount of last season, after a 3-0 week that included a 33 point win over Indiana. Utah, Philadelphia, and Denver also made strong moves near the top, while Milwaukee slipped a couple spots after losing both of its games this week, but they were helped by the fact that the losses were to Brooklyn and the Lakers, and neither was a blowout. Boston dropped 9 spots this week after losing 3 in a row, two against the 76ers and one against the Knicks, making them the coldest team of the week. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

 

 

 

 

Record

Proj

 

Rank

LW

Team

Rating

W

L

W

L

Seed

1

1

LA Lakers

-8.176

12

4

29

8

W1

2

7

LA Clippers

-6.707

12

4

28

10

W2

3

4

Utah

-5.974

11

4

25

11

W3

4

2

Milwaukee

-5.534

9

6

24

12

E1

5

9

Philadelphia

-3.158

11

5

23

13

E2

6

12

Denver

-2.517

8

7

21

16

W5

7

3

Brooklyn

-2.471

9

8

21

16

E3

8

11

Atlanta

-2.409

8

7

20

16

E5

9

10

Phoenix

-2.357

8

6

20

14

W4

10

5

Indiana

-1.255

9

6

21

16

E4

11

8

Dallas

-1.237

8

7

20

16

W6

12

13

Memphis

-0.515

7

6

18

16

W8

13

20

Toronto

-0.417

6

9

18

19

E7

14

16

San Antonio

0.067

8

8

20

17

W7

15

6

Boston

0.113

8

6

18

17

E6

16

22

Golden State

0.797

8

7

19

17

 

17

23

Chicago

0.942

7

8

17

19

 

18

14

Charlotte

1.032

6

9

17

20

OUT

19

17

Portland

1.388

8

6

18

17

OUT

20

24

New York

1.536

8

9

18

19

E8

21

25

Cleveland

1.746

8

7

17

19

 

22

19

Washington

2.123

3

8

11

20

 

23

18

New Orleans

2.478

5

9

15

21

 

24

15

Miami

3.169

6

8

14

22

OUT

25

21

Houston

3.686

5

9

14

22

 

26

26

Detroit

4.083

3

12

10

26

 

27

27

Orlando

5.547

7

9

14

22

 

28

28

Oklahoma City

6.108

6

8

12

23

 

29

29

Sacramento

7.032

6

10

12

26

 

30

30

Minnesota

8.004

3

11

8

28

 

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Bucks over (8) Knicks

(2) 76ers over (7) Raptors

(3) Nets over (6) Celtics

(5) Hawks over (4) Pacers

(1) Lakers over (8) Grizzlies

(2) Clippers over (7) Spurs

(3) Jazz over (6) Mavericks

(4) Suns over (5) Nuggets

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (5) Hawks

(2) 76ers over (3) Nets

(1) Lakers over (4) Suns

(2) Clippers over (3) Jazz

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (2) 76ers

(1) Lakers over (2) Clippers

NBA Finals

(1) Lakers over (1) Bucks

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