NBA Rankings - 6 Mar

Only 3 teams play in the Mountain Time Zone, and all 3 of those teams are currently in the top 5, including the 2 best teams in the league and the hottest team of the week, the Denver Nuggets. Denver had a 4-0 road trip to finish out the first half of the season, which was highlighted by a 31-point blowout of Milwaukee. The coldest team entering the break is Houston, who hasn't won since February 4th, which gives them 13 losses in a row and no wins for a month. Here are my full current rankings:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Utah	-9.361	27	9	57	15	W1
2	4	Phoenix	-5.566	24	11	50	22	W2
3	2	LA Clippers	-5.219	24	14	47	25	W3
4	3	Milwaukee	-4.937	22	14	47	25	E1
5	7	Denver	-4.554	21	15	45	27	W5
6	5	LA Lakers	-3.993	24	13	46	26	W4
7	6	Brooklyn	-3.795	24	13	46	26	E2
8	8	Philadelphia	-3.116	24	12	46	26	E3
9	12	Boston	-1.191	19	17	40	32	E4
10	9	Toronto	-1.023	17	19	36	35	E5
11	10	Golden State	-0.61	19	18	37	35	W8
12	13	Atlanta	-0.588	16	20	35	37	E9
13	11	Indiana	-0.433	16	19	36	36	E6
14	22	Memphis	-0.175	16	16	36	36	W9
15	14	New Orleans	-0.041	15	21	33	39	OUT
16	18	Dallas	0.0005	18	16	38	34	W6
17	15	New York	0.2747	19	18	36	36	E7
18	16	San Antonio	0.5796	18	14	36	36	W10
19	19	Portland	0.6596	21	14	38	34	W7
20	17	Miami	0.6784	18	18	36	36	E8
21	20	Chicago	0.8875	16	18	33	38
22	21	Charlotte	0.9607	17	18	34	38	E10
23	23	Detroit	3.0967	10	26	25	47
24	27	Washington	4.2368	14	20	27	45
25	24	Oklahoma City	4.2781	15	21	28	44
26	26	Sacramento	4.3045	14	22	27	45
27	25	Houston	5.7696	11	23	21	51
28	29	Cleveland	6.0408	14	22	25	47
29	28	Orlando	6.2524	13	23	22	50
30	30	Minnesota	8.0143	7	29	15	57

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Knicks over (8) Heat

(9) Hawks over (10) Hornets

(9) Hawks over (8) Heat

(8) Warriors over (7) Trail Blazers

(9) Grizzlies over (10) Spurs

(9) Grizzlies over (7) Trail Blazers

First Round

(1) Bucks over (9) Hawks

(2) Nets over (7) Knicks

(3) 76ers over (6) Pacers

(4) Celtics over (5) Raptors

(1) Jazz over (9) Grizzlies

(2) Suns over (8) Warriors

(3) Clippers over (6) Mavericks

(4) Lakers over (5) Nuggets

Second Round

(1) Bucks over (4) Celtics

(2) Nets over (3) 76ers

(1) Jazz over (4) Lakers

(2) Suns over (3) Clippers

Conference Finals

(1) Bucks over (2) Nets

(1) Jazz over (2) Suns

NBA Finals

(1) Jazz over (1) Bucks