NBA Rankings - 4 Mar

It's been 6 weeks since I've updated my NBA rankings, and a lot has changed since then. There have been some huge trades, some big injuries, and some long winning streaks. The impact of the trades will take a little longer to show up in the rankings than the others, but here is where things stand today. Other than the bottom 6 teams who aren't really trying, there isn't much separation from top to bottom.

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	3	Cleveland	-4.97	39	26	51	31	E3
2	1	Boston	-4.778	45	19	57	25	E2
3	10	Milwaukee	-3.978	45	17	57	25	E1
4	5	Denver	-3.897	45	19	56	26	W1
5	2	Memphis	-3.703	38	24	51	31	W2
6	7	Philadelphia	-3.25	40	22	51	31	E4
7	8	New York	-2.844	38	27	47	35	E5
8	11	Phoenix	-1.863	35	29	45	37	W4
9	9	Sacramento	-1.806	37	25	48	34	W3
10	14	Oklahoma City	-1.028	29	34	39	43	W10
11	6	Brooklyn	-0.969	35	28	46	36	E6
12	21	Golden State	-0.795	34	30	43	39	W5
13	4	New Orleans	-0.676	31	33	41	41	W8
14	20	Washington	-0.64	30	32	41	41	E8
15	13	Dallas	-0.518	33	31	42	40	W6
16	15	Chicago	-0.376	29	35	39	43
17	24	Atlanta	-0.208	32	31	41	41	E9
18	17	Toronto	-0.155	31	33	40	42	E10
19	12	Utah	0.1305	31	33	39	43
20	25	LA Clippers	0.4002	33	33	41	41	W9
21	22	Minnesota	0.4259	33	32	41	41	W
22	18	Miami	0.5763	33	31	42	40	E7
23	23	LA Lakers	0.8211	30	34	39	43
24	16	Portland	1.1648	29	34	37	45
25	19	Indiana	2.2017	28	36	35	47
26	26	Orlando	2.4439	27	37	34	48
27	27	Charlotte	5.329	20	45	25	57
28	28	Detroit	6.1985	15	48	21	61
29	29	Houston	8.0615	13	49	18	64
30	30	San Antonio	8.3195	16	47	20	62

Playoff Picks

Play In

(8) Wizards over (7) Heat

(9) Hawks over (10) Raptors

(9) Hawks over (7) Heat

(8) Pelicans over (7) Timberwolves

(10) Thunder over (9) Clippers

(7) Timberwolves over (10) Thunder

First Round

(1) Bucks over (9) Hawks in 6

(2) Celtics over (8) Wizards in 6

(3) Cavaliers over (6) Nets in 5

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

(1) Nuggets over (7) Timberwolves in 6

(2) Grizzlies over (8) Pelicans in 5

(3) Kings over (6) Mavericks in 6

(4) Suns over (5) Warriors in 5

Second Round

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

(3) Cavaliers over (2) Celtics in 7

(1) Nuggets over (4) Suns in 5

(2) Grizzlies over (3) Kings in 7

Conference Finals

(3) Cavaliers over (1) Bucks in 7

(1) Nuggets over (2) Grizzlies in 6

NBA Finals

(1) Nuggets over (3) Cavaliers in 6