Saturday, December 23, 2023

NBA Rankings - 23 Dec

Boston is still on top of the rankings this week, though Philadelphia is closing the gap. The hottest team has been the Clippers, who won 9 straight games before falling to the Thunder a couple of nights ago. The Nets have been the opposite, losing 5 straight and 6 of 7 since the end of the in-season tournament. Phoenix has fallen out of playoff position, and their big 3 stars have only played together in 3 games so far this season out of 28. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

 

 

 

 

Record

Proj

 

Rank

LW

Team

Rating

W

L

W

L

Seed

1

1

Boston

-8.853

21

6

64

18

E1

2

2

Philadelphia

-7.505

20

8

60

22

E2

3

3

Oklahoma City

-7.059

18

8

59

23

W2

4

4

Minnesota

-6.64

21

6

60

22

W1

5

6

Denver

-5.582

20

10

56

26

W3

6

13

LA Clippers

-4.608

17

11

52

30

W4

7

8

Houston

-3.599

14

12

49

33

W5

8

5

New York

-3.481

16

11

50

32

E4

9

11

Milwaukee

-2.746

21

7

52

30

E3

10

19

New Orleans

-2.495

17

12

48

34

W6

11

10

Golden State

-2.235

14

14

47

35

W8

12

7

Orlando

-2.075

16

11

48

34

E5

13

14

Sacramento

-1.849

17

10

48

34

W7

14

18

Cleveland

-0.545

16

13

44

38

E6

15

15

Atlanta

-0.529

12

16

41

41

E8

16

9

Brooklyn

-0.021

13

15

40

42

E9

17

17

Miami

0.0164

17

12

43

39

E7

18

20

LA Lakers

0.2416

15

14

40

42

W10

19

12

Indiana

0.2546

14

13

40

42

E10

20

21

Dallas

0.3147

16

12

42

40

W9

21

16

Phoenix

1.1064

14

14

37

45

OUT

22

23

Chicago

2.1559

13

17

36

46

 

23

22

Toronto

2.2983

11

17

34

48

 

24

26

Memphis

5.4886

8

19

25

57

 

25

25

Utah

5.7466

11

18

26

56

 

26

24

Portland

6.2654

7

20

22

60

 

27

28

Washington

7.8616

5

23

19

63

 

28

30

San Antonio

8.4638

4

23

17

65

 

29

27

Charlotte

9.1792

7

19

19

63

 

30

29

Detroit

10.373

2

26

12

70

 

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Kings over (8) Warriors

(9) Mavericks over (10) Lakers

(8) Warriors over (9) Mavericks

(7) Heat over (8) Hawks

(9) Nets over (10) Pacers

(8) Hawks over (9) Nets


First Round

(1) Timberwolves over (8) Warriors in 5

(2) Thunder over (7) Kings in 5

(3) Nuggets over (6) Pelicans in 6

(4) Clippers over (5) Rockets in 6

(1) Celtics over (8) Hawks in 4

(2) 76ers over (7) Heat in 4

(3) Bucks over (6) Cavaliers in 6

(4) Knicks over (5) Magic in 5


Second Round

(1) Timberwolves over (4) Clippers in 6

(2) Thunder over (3) Nuggets in 6

(1) Celtics over (4) Knicks in 5

(2) 76ers over (3) Bucks in 5


Conference Championships

(1) Timberwolves over (2) Thunder in 7

(1) Celtics over (2) 76ers in 6


NBA Finals

(1) Celtics over (1) Timberwolves in 6

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