Saturday, December 20, 2025

NBA Rankings - 20 Dec

The Oklahoma City Thunder have lost twice in the past week, after having only 1 loss in their first 25 games, which tied an all-time record, but they are still by far the best team in the league at this point. New York moved up 3 spots and is now projected to take the top seed in the East after they took the NBA Cup championship this past week, and the Celtics and Timberwolves have come back to life, each entering the top 10 with 5-spot jumps. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

 

 

 

 

Record

Proj

 

Rank

LW

Team

Rating

W

L

W

L

Seed

1

1

Oklahoma City

-12.2

25

3

70

12

W1

2

2

Houston

-8.273

16

8

61

21

W2

3

3

Denver

-7.693

20

6

61

21

W3

4

7

New York

-6.084

19

8

57

25

E1

5

4

San Antonio

-5.246

20

7

56

26

W4

6

8

Detroit

-4.548

21

6

57

25

E2

7

12

Boston

-4.282

16

11

52

30

E3

8

6

Orlando

-3.794

15

12

52

30

E4

9

14

Minnesota

-3.379

18

10

50

32

W5

10

5

Miami

-2.41

15

13

47

35

E5

11

15

Golden State

-1.787

13

15

43

39

W8

12

11

LA Lakers

-1.768

19

7

50

32

W6

13

13

Phoenix

-1.695

15

12

45

37

W7

14

9

Toronto

-0.892

17

11

45

37

E6

15

18

Philadelphia

-0.527

15

11

44

38

E7

16

10

Cleveland

0.0354

15

14

41

41

E8

17

20

Memphis

0.5269

13

14

39

43

W9

18

16

Atlanta

0.9715

15

14

40

42

E9

19

17

Portland

1.3037

11

16

37

45

W10

20

26

Dallas

3.2719

11

17

31

51

 

21

23

Charlotte

3.7943

9

18

30

52

 

22

21

Milwaukee

3.8956

11

17

31

51

 

23

19

Chicago

3.9863

12

15

32

50

E10

24

22

LA Clippers

4.3675

6

21

26

56

 

25

24

Utah

4.931

10

16

28

54

 

26

29

New Orleans

5.8314

6

22

23

59

 

27

27

Brooklyn

6.0572

7

19

24

58

 

28

25

Sacramento

6.6787

6

21

23

59

 

29

28

Indiana

7.8658

6

21

20

62

 

30

30

Washington

11.667

4

21

13

69

 

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) 76ers over (8) Cavaliers

(9) Hawks over (10) Bulls

(8) Cavaliers over (9) Hawks

(7) Suns over (8) Warriors

(9) Grizzlies over (10) Trail Blazers

(8) Warriors over (9) Grizzlies


First Round

(1) Knicks over (8) Cavaliers in 5

(2) Pistons over (7) 76ers in 6

(3) Celtics over (6) Raptors in 6

(4) Magic over (5) Heat in 7

(1) Thunder over (8) Warriors in 4

(2) Rockets over (7) Suns in 5

(3) Nuggets over (6) Lakers in 5

(4) Spurs over (5) Timberwolves in 7


Second Round

(1) Knicks over (4) Magic in 6

(2) Pistons over (3) Celtics in 7

(1) Thunder over (4) Spurs in 5

(2) Rockets over (3) Nuggets in 7


Conference Finals

(1) Knicks over (2) Pistons in 7

(1) Thunder over (2) Rockets in 6


NBA Finals

(1) Thunder over (1) Knicks in 5

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