NBA Rankings - 14 Jan

The hottest team over the past 3 weeks has been the Denver Nuggets, who have gone 9-2 while catapulting to the best record in the West, though I'm still projecting them to finish behind Memphis by the end of the season. Milwaukee is falling fastest, going only 5-5 since Christmas, but they are still projected to finish 4th in the East. Here are my full current rankings:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Boston	-5.597	31	12	58	24	E1
2	3	Memphis	-4.336	28	13	55	27	W1
3	2	Cleveland	-4.333	27	16	53	29	E2
4	4	New Orleans	-3.44	26	17	50	32	W3
5	12	Denver	-3.435	29	13	54	28	W2
6	8	Brooklyn	-3.251	27	14	52	30	E3
7	7	Philadelphia	-2.491	25	16	47	35	E5
8	9	New York	-2.098	23	20	45	37	E6
9	13	Sacramento	-1.581	23	18	45	37	W4
10	5	Milwaukee	-1.469	27	15	49	33	E4
11	6	Phoenix	-1.291	21	23	42	40	W7
12	11	Utah	-1.005	22	23	42	40	W6
13	10	Dallas	-0.986	24	19	45	37	W5
14	20	Oklahoma City	-0.573	20	23	40	42	W8
15	16	Chicago	-0.144	20	23	41	41	E9
16	14	Portland	-0.019	19	22	40	42	W9
17	15	Toronto	0.1324	19	23	38	44	OUT
18	24	Miami	0.3219	23	20	41	41	E8
19	19	Indiana	0.3229	23	20	41	41	E7
20	23	Washington	0.3235	18	25	38	44	E10
21	17	Golden State	0.3253	21	21	40	42	W10
22	22	Minnesota	1.1043	21	22	38	44
23	25	LA Lakers	1.127	19	23	37	45
24	18	Atlanta	1.2239	20	22	38	44	OUT
25	21	LA Clippers	1.2801	22	22	39	43	OUT
26	26	Orlando	3.7783	16	27	30	52
27	29	Charlotte	5.4405	11	32	24	58
28	28	Detroit	5.676	12	34	24	58
29	27	Houston	6.9664	10	32	21	61
30	30	San Antonio	7.248	13	30	23	59

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Pacers over (8) Heat

(9) Bulls over (10) Wizards

(8) Heat over (9) Bulls

(7) Suns over (8) Thunder

(9) Trail Blazers over (10) Warriors

(8) Thunder over (9) Trail Blazers

First Round

(1) Celtics over (8) Heat in 5

(2) Cavaliers over (7) Pacers in 5

(3) Nets over (6) Knicks in 6

(4) Bucks over (5) 76ers in 7

(1) Grizzlies over (8) Thunder in 5

(2) Nuggets over (7) Suns in 6

(3) Pelicans over (6) Jazz in 6

(4) Kings over (5) Mavericks in 6

Second Round

(1) Celtics over (4) Bucks in 5

(2) Cavaliers over (3) Nets in 6

(1) Grizzlies over (4) Kings in 6

(2) Nuggets over (3) Pelicans in 7

Conference Finals

(1) Celtics over (2) Cavaliers in 6

(1) Grizzlies over (2) Nuggets in 6

NBA Finals

(1) Celtics over (1) Grizzlies in 6