NBA Rankings - 1 Jan

The Golden State Warriors are no longer at the top of the rankings, after "struggling" through the last 4 weeks, going 8-4 since my last rankings, which allowed Utah, who has gone 11-2 over that same span, to take over at #1. The Jazz has won 6 in a row, tied for the longest streak in the league, going into a showdown with the Warriors tonight. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	2	Utah	-8.584	26	9	62	20	W2
2	1	Golden State	-8.582	27	7	63	18	W1
3	3	Phoenix	-5.838	27	8	60	22	W3
4	6	Cleveland	-4.986	20	16	51	30	E2
5	9	Milwaukee	-3.667	24	13	51	31	E4
6	4	Chicago	-3.632	23	10	51	28	E1
7	5	Miami	-3.366	23	13	51	30	E3
8	7	Brooklyn	-2.5	23	10	49	30	E5
9	10	Boston	-2.005	17	19	44	38	E7
10	23	Memphis	-1.593	23	14	48	34	W4
11	11	Philadelphia	-1.364	19	16	45	36	E6
12	21	Dallas	-0.841	17	18	42	40	W6
13	22	San Antonio	-0.655	14	20	38	43	W8
14	14	Denver	-0.652	17	16	43	37	W5
15	19	Toronto	-0.55	15	17	39	40
16	12	Indiana	-0.491	14	22	37	45
17	8	Atlanta	-0.416	16	19	40	41	E10
18	13	Charlotte	-0.304	19	17	43	39	E8
19	17	LA Clippers	0.4907	18	18	39	43	W7
20	20	Minnesota	0.7344	16	19	38	44	W9
21	18	New York	1.0574	17	19	37	45
22	16	Washington	1.0883	18	17	40	41	E9
23	25	LA Lakers	2.1546	18	19	36	46	W10
24	15	Portland	2.9007	13	22	32	49	OUT
25	26	New Orleans	3.7493	13	22	29	52
26	24	Sacramento	3.854	15	22	31	51
27	27	Oklahoma City	5.7005	13	22	26	56
28	29	Houston	7.1124	10	26	22	60
29	28	Orlando	7.6593	7	29	18	63
30	30	Detroit	8.8922	5	28	14	67

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Celtics over (8) Hornets in 2

(10) Hawks over (9) Wizards

(8) Hornets over (10) Hawks

(8) Spurs over (7) Clippers in 3

(9) Timberwolves over (10) Lakers

(7) Clippers over (9) Timberwolves

First Round

(1) Bulls over (8) Hornets in 6

(2) Cavaliers over (7) Celtics in 6

(3) Heat over (6) 76ers in 6

(4) Bucks over (5) Nets in 6

(1) Warriors over (7) Clippers in 4

(2) Jazz over (8) Spurs in 5

(3) Suns over (6) Mavericks in 5

(4) Grizzlies over (5) Nuggets in 7

Second Round

(1) Bulls over (4) Bucks in 7

(2) Cavaliers over (3) Heat in 6

(1) Warriors over (4) Grizzlies in 5

(2) Jazz over (3) Suns in 6

Conference Finals

(2) Cavaliers over (1) Bulls in 7

(1) Warriors over (2) Jazz in 7

NBA Finals

(1) Warriors over (2) Cavaliers in 6