NBA Rankings - 26 Mar

Since the beginning of December, the top three teams in my rankings have been Phoenix, Golden State, and Utah in some order, but that has changed with only 3 weeks to go in the regular season, with Boston sliding up 3 spots to #2 after going 8-1 over the past 3 weeks. Golden State dropped a couple notches after posting a losing record of 5-6 during that same time, though they looked good in the few games that their big 3 were able to play together. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Phoenix	-7.282	60	14	66	16	W1
2	5	Boston	-5.247	46	28	51	31	E2
3	3	Utah	-5.03	45	29	50	32	W4
4	2	Golden State	-4.947	48	26	53	29	W3
5	6	Memphis	-4.359	51	23	55	27	W2
6	8	Milwaukee	-3.817	46	27	51	31	E3
7	4	Miami	-3.746	47	27	52	30	E1
8	12	Minnesota	-2.938	42	33	46	36	W7
9	9	Philadelphia	-2.726	46	27	51	31	E4
10	7	Dallas	-2.458	45	29	50	32	W5
11	10	Cleveland	-2.123	41	32	46	36	E6
12	11	Denver	-1.956	43	31	48	34	W6
13	13	Toronto	-1.881	41	32	46	36	E7
14	15	Atlanta	-0.77	37	37	42	40	E10
15	16	Charlotte	-0.42	38	36	42	40	E9
16	14	Chicago	-0.366	42	31	46	36	E5
17	19	Brooklyn	-0.288	38	35	43	39	E8
18	21	New York	0.3394	33	41	37	45
19	18	San Antonio	0.8096	29	44	33	49
20	20	New Orleans	0.8775	31	42	36	46	W9
21	17	LA Clippers	1.4443	36	39	39	43	W8
22	22	Indiana	2.2741	25	49	28	54
23	24	LA Lakers	2.6685	31	42	34	48	W10
24	23	Washington	3.1915	31	42	34	48
25	26	Sacramento	4.4867	26	48	29	53
26	25	Portland	5.4998	27	46	30	52
27	27	Oklahoma City	6.1586	21	52	24	58
28	28	Orlando	6.6	20	54	22	60
29	29	Detroit	6.7676	20	54	22	60
30	30	Houston	7.8212	19	55	21	61

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Raptors over (8) Nets in 3

(9) Hornets over (10) Hawks

(8) Nets over (9) Hornets

(7) Timberwolves over (8) Clippers in 2

(9) Pelicans over (10) Lakers

(9) Pelicans over (8) Clippers

First Round

(8) Nets over (1) Heat in 7

(2) Celtics over (7) Raptors in 6

(3) Bucks over (6) Cavaliers in 5

(4) 76ers over (5) Bulls in 5

(1) Suns over (9) Pelicans in 5

(7) Timberwolves over (2) Grizzlies in 7

(3) Warriors over (6) Nuggets in 7

(4) Jazz over (5) Mavericks in 5

Second Round

(4) 76ers over (8) Nets in 7

(2) Celtics over (3) Bucks in 7

(1) Suns over (4) Jazz in 6

(7) Timberwolves over (3) Warriors in 7

Conference Finals

(2) Celtics over (4) 76ers in 5

(1) Suns over (7) Timberwolves in 6

NBA Finals

(1) Suns over (2) Celtics in 7