The NBA is back tonight, with a pair of games featuring the top 4 teams in the West. I went through and analyzed each team's current roster in order to determine these preseason rankings, but as always, there will be teams that overachieve and underachieve, but this is how they should finish based on talent alone, along with how the playoffs should go:
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Record |
Proj |
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Rank |
LW |
Team |
Rating |
W |
L |
W |
L |
Seed |
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1 |
5 |
Milwaukee |
-5.488 |
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56 |
24 |
E1 |
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2 |
1 |
Boston |
-5.201 |
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|
55 |
25 |
E2 |
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3 |
3 |
Denver |
-4.745 |
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|
54 |
26 |
W1 |
|
4 |
15 |
LA Lakers |
-4.214 |
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|
52 |
28 |
W2 |
|
5 |
10 |
Golden State |
-4.116 |
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|
52 |
28 |
W3 |
|
6 |
18 |
Atlanta |
-3.241 |
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|
50 |
30 |
E3 |
|
7 |
4 |
Philadelphia |
-3.205 |
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|
50 |
30 |
E4 |
|
8 |
9 |
Phoenix |
-3.154 |
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|
49 |
31 |
W4 |
|
9 |
7 |
New York |
-2.718 |
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|
48 |
32 |
E5 |
|
10 |
6 |
Memphis |
-2.693 |
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48 |
32 |
W5 |
|
11 |
19 |
LA Clippers |
-2.496 |
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47 |
33 |
W6 |
|
12 |
8 |
Sacramento |
-1.291 |
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44 |
36 |
W7 |
|
13 |
20 |
Minnesota |
-0.889 |
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43 |
37 |
W8 |
|
14 |
25 |
Indiana |
-0.386 |
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|
42 |
38 |
E6 |
|
15 |
2 |
Cleveland |
0.2417 |
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|
40 |
40 |
E7 |
|
16 |
13 |
Miami |
0.5662 |
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|
39 |
41 |
E8 |
|
17 |
14 |
Chicago |
1.6305 |
|
|
36 |
44 |
E9 |
|
18 |
16 |
Brooklyn |
1.8372 |
|
|
35 |
45 |
E10 |
|
19 |
12 |
New Orleans |
2.0196 |
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|
35 |
45 |
W9 |
|
20 |
22 |
Utah |
2.0752 |
|
|
34 |
46 |
W10 |
|
21 |
21 |
Dallas |
2.2195 |
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|
34 |
46 |
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|
22 |
29 |
Detroit |
2.6008 |
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|
33 |
47 |
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|
23 |
11 |
Toronto |
2.9047 |
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|
32 |
48 |
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|
24 |
23 |
Washington |
3.0564 |
|
|
32 |
48 |
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|
25 |
28 |
Houston |
3.2647 |
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|
31 |
49 |
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|
26 |
17 |
Oklahoma City |
3.5185 |
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|
30 |
50 |
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27 |
26 |
Portland |
4.5379 |
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|
27 |
53 |
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28 |
24 |
Orlando |
5.566 |
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25 |
55 |
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29 |
30 |
San Antonio |
5.6924 |
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24 |
56 |
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30 |
27 |
Charlotte |
5.9549 |
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|
24 |
56 |
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Playoff Picks
Play In
(7) Cavaliers over (8) Heat
(9) Bulls over (10) Nets
(8) Heat over (9) Bulls
(7) Kings over (8) Timberwolves
(9) Pelicans over (10) Jazz
(8) Timberwolves over (9) Pelicans
First Round
(1) Bucks over (8) Heat in 5
(2) Celtics over (7) Cavaliers in 5
(3) Hawks over (6) Pacers in 6
(4) 76ers over (5) Knicks in 7
(1) Nuggets over (8) Timberwolves in 6
(2) Lakers over (7) Kings in 6
(3) Warriors over (6) Clippers in 6
(4) Suns over (5) Grizzlies in 7
Second Round
(1) Bucks over (4) 76ers in 6
(2) Celtics over (3) Hawks in 6
(1) Nuggets over (4) Suns in 6
(2) Lakers over (3) Warriors in 7
Conference Finals
(1) Bucks over (2) Celtics in 7
(1) Nuggets over (2) Lakers in 7
NBA Finals
(1) Bucks over (1) Nuggets in 7
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