Monday, December 4, 2023

NBA Rankings - 4 Dec

As the In-Season Tournament elimination games are set to start, here is my ranking of all 30 teams in the league, along with their projected final record and playoff seeding. The hottest team over the past 3 weeks has been Oklahoma City, which has climbed to #3 overall, and is currently the best team in the West. The best overall team is still Boston, who is the favorite to win both the real championship and the in-season version happening this week. Here are my full current rankings, with the hottest teams in green and coldest teams in red:

 

 

 

 

Record

Proj

 

Rank

LW

Team

Rating

W

L

W

L

Seed

1

1

Boston

-9.251

15

4

64

17

E1

2

2

Philadelphia

-7.245

12

7

59

23

E2

3

15

Oklahoma City

-6.99

13

6

59

23

W2

4

3

Minnesota

-6.682

15

4

61

21

W1

5

7

New York

-4.605

12

7

52

29

E3

6

4

Denver

-3.894

14

7

53

29

W3

7

11

Orlando

-3.145

14

6

51

31

E4

8

13

Houston

-2.31

8

9

46

36

W4

9

12

Brooklyn

-2.203

10

9

46

36

E6

10

6

Golden State

-1.915

9

11

46

36

W5

11

16

Milwaukee

-1.881

14

6

48

33

E5

12

10

Indiana

-1.606

10

8

44

37

E7

13

14

LA Clippers

-1.451

9

10

43

39

W8

14

20

Sacramento

-1.193

11

7

45

36

W6

15

5

Atlanta

-1.133

9

10

43

39

E8

16

18

Phoenix

-0.918

12

8

44

37

W7

17

19

Miami

-0.606

11

9

43

39

E9

18

17

Cleveland

-0.528

11

9

43

39

E10

19

21

New Orleans

-0.489

11

10

42

39

W9

20

22

LA Lakers

0.0588

12

9

42

39

W10

21

8

Dallas

0.5421

11

8

41

41

 

22

9

Toronto

0.9009

9

11

38

44

 

23

24

Chicago

4.6124

7

14

28

54

 

24

25

Portland

6.0005

6

13

24

58

 

25

29

Utah

6.646

7

13

23

59

 

26

30

Memphis

6.7108

5

14

22

60

 

27

26

Charlotte

7.3595

6

12

22

60

 

28

27

Washington

7.4018

3

16

19

63

 

29

23

Detroit

8.4305

2

18

16

66

 

30

28

San Antonio

8.9796

3

16

17

65

 

In-Season Tournament Odds

Odds of Reaching Semifinals

Celtics - 68.8%

Kings - 61.5%

Lakers - 55.4%

Knicks - 51.1%

Bucks - 48.9%

Suns - 44.6%

Pelicans - 38.5%

Pacers - 31.2%


Odds of Reaching Championship Game

Celtics - 48.9%

Kings - 32.6%

Lakers - 25.7%

Suns - 22.3%

Knicks - 21.4%

Pelicans - 19.4%

Bucks - 16.0%

Pacers - 13.7%


Odds of Winning Championship

Celtics - 38.8%

Knicks - 13.8%

Kings - 10.8%

Bucks - 8.7%

Lakers - 7.5%

Pacers - 7.3%

Suns - 7.2%

Pelicans - 6.0%


My Picks

Quarterfinals

Suns over Lakers

Kings over Pelicans

Celtics over Pacers

Knicks over Bucks


Semifinals

Suns over Kings

Celtics over Knicks


Championship

Celtics over Suns

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