NBA Rankings - 24 Apr

Very few teams can qualify as being hot right now, but among the few who can are Washington, who has won 7 straight and is close to playoff contention, New York, who has taken 8 in a row and is up to #4 in the East, and Golden State, who has won 6 of 8 and saw MVP-level Steph Curry repeatedly over the past 2 weeks. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Utah	-8.709	44	15	55	17	W1
2	2	LA Clippers	-6.262	43	19	50	22	W2
3	3	Phoenix	-5.067	42	17	50	22	W3
4	5	Milwaukee	-4.887	36	22	46	26	E3
5	6	Philadelphia	-4.443	39	20	48	24	E1
6	4	Denver	-3.977	38	21	46	26	W4
7	7	Brooklyn	-3.244	40	20	47	25	E2
8	8	LA Lakers	-3.058	35	24	43	29	W5
9	10	Atlanta	-2.31	33	27	40	32	E4
10	11	Boston	-2.095	32	28	40	32	E5
11	12	Memphis	-1.437	30	28	39	33	W7
12	9	Dallas	-1.322	32	26	41	31	W6
13	13	New York	-1.266	33	27	39	33	E6
14	21	Golden State	-0.513	30	30	37	35	W9
15	17	Toronto	0.1864	25	34	31	41	E10
16	14	Indiana	0.4696	27	31	35	37	E9
17	16	Miami	0.5463	31	29	37	35	E7
18	15	New Orleans	0.6023	26	33	32	40	OUT
19	19	Portland	0.7191	32	27	37	35	W8
20	22	San Antonio	0.9502	29	29	34	38	W10
21	20	Chicago	1.528	25	34	30	42	OUT
22	18	Charlotte	1.6233	29	30	35	37	E8
23	25	Washington	3.1242	26	33	31	41
24	23	Detroit	3.6092	18	42	23	49
25	24	Sacramento	3.9826	24	35	29	43
26	26	Cleveland	5.7871	21	38	25	47
27	30	Minnesota	6.7941	16	44	19	53
28	27	Orlando	6.9058	18	41	21	51
29	28	Houston	7.1705	15	45	17	55
30	29	Oklahoma City	7.7086	20	40	23	49

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Grizzlies over (8) Trail Blazers

(9) Warriors over (10) Spurs

(8) Trail Blazers over (9) Warriors

(7) Heat over (8) Hornets

(10) Raptors over (9) Pacers

(10) Raptors over (8) Hornets

First Round

(1) Jazz over (8) Trail Blazers in 4

(2) Clippers over (7) Grizzlies in 6

(3) Suns over (6) Mavericks in 5

(4) Nuggets over (5) Lakers in 7

(1) 76ers over (10) Raptors in 5

(2) Nets over (7) Heat in 6

(3) Bucks over (6) Knicks in 6

(4) Hawks over (5) Celtics in 7

Second Round

(1) Jazz over (4) Nuggets in 5

(2) Clippers over (3) Suns in 6

(1) 76ers over (4) Hawks in 6

(3) Bucks over (2) Nets in 7

Conference Finals

(1) Jazz over (2) Clippers in 6

(3) Bucks over (1) 76ers in 7

NBA Finals

(1) Jazz over (3) Bucks in 5